4. Mississippi
Rate of Chlamydia per 100,000 people: 580.2
Rate of Gonorrhea per 100,000 people: 192.9
Rate of Syphilis per 100,000 people: 7.3
Insider Monkey Score: 8.00
If you are from Mississippi, the next one in our list of states with the highest STD rates in America, it might be a good idea to avoid sexual intercourse with the young population in the state, who have a disproportionately high risk of being infected with STDs. These teenagers avoid wearing condoms because, to paraphrase ‘It just feels good without it.’ Furthermore, younger people are less likely to take STDs seriously and hence, even if sexually active, do not get tested for such diseases, which means they might be infected but not even know.
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