Why Sexually Transmitted Disease is Off the Charts in Onondaga County

By James T. Mulder

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Onondaga County has the dubious distinction of having some of the state's highest rates of sexually transmitted disease.

Here's how Onondaga ranks among the state's 62 counties for rates of infection per 100,000 population for the three most common reportable STDS:

Gonorrhea: No 1 in 2014, No. 3 in 2015

Chlamydia: No. 3 in 2015

Syphilis: No. 4 in 2014, No. 11 in 2015.

STD rates for 2015 are the most recent available for Onondaga County.

"It's not something we are proud of," says Dr. Indu Gupta, the county's health commissioner.

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Source: syracuse.com (via The Empire Report)