DC, Alaska, Mississippi, Louisiana, South Carolina
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) tracks the number of STDs reported in each state and U.S. territory every year. The CDC uses that data to gauge the transmission rate of STDs. We, in turn, are using that data to rank every U.S. state and territory (save for the U.S. Virgin Islands, which did not submit any data in 2018) by the the number of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis cases per capita.
When analyzing STDs, the CDC often groups those three infections we mentioned above for a couple of reasons. First, chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis are the three most common STDs in the United States, and, second, they are transmitted primarily through sexual activity (vaginal, anal, or oral sex) with an infected partner. But, of course, those are only three of the dozens of pathogens, including HIV and Zika, that you can pick up through sex. But since both HIV and
