This SC county has among the highest STD rates in the US, report shows. Do you live there?

Richland County has a sexually transmitted disease problem, a recent report shows.

Richland has the third highest STD rate per 100,000 residents among all counties in the U.S., according to NYRequirements.com.

The website’s report states that Richland has an STD rate of 1,939.4 cases per 100,000 residents. Hinds County, Mississippi, had the highest STD rate, with 2,253.2 cases per 100,000 residents.

South Carolina overall has the third highest STD rate among the states, with 999.9 cases per 100,000 residents, the report shows. And like the counties, Mississippi topped out with the highest STD rate among the states at 1,291.4 cases per 100,000 residents.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, STD cases have surged in the U.S. in recent years. There were 2.5 million total STD infections in 2021, up from a record 2.4 million in 2020, the latest CDC preliminary data shows.

NYRequirements.com noted in a statement that its analysts compiled the report to know if certain areas of the country were being hit harder by this uptick in common STDs.

The report used county data collected through the CDC’s NCHHSTP AtlasPlus. Rates of the most common STDs in the U.S. were analyzed to determine the 50 counties with the highest rate of all STDs per 100,000 residents.

Only counties with 100,000 residents or more were included in the report. The list of STDs includes chlamydia, gonorrhea and primary and secondary syphilis.

Chlamydia was found to be the most common STD, with more than 1.5 million cases diagnosed in 2020.

Here are the 10 counties in the U.S. with the highest STD rates and their number of cases per 100,000 residents.

1. Hinds County, MS: 2,253.2
2. St. Louis City, MO: 2,122.6
3. Richland County, SC: 1,939.4
4. Norfolk City, VA: 1,932.9
5. Richmond County, GA: 1,932.2
6. Baltimore City, MD: 1,896.9
7. Cumberland County, NC: 1,776.4
8. Orleans Parish, LA: 1,741.4
9. Milwaukee County, WI: 1,724.7
10. Richmond City, VA: 1,724.6

Here are the 10 U.S. states with the highest STD rates and their number of cases per 100,000 residents.

1. Mississippi: 1,291.4
2. Louisiana: 1,058.0
3. South Carolina: 999.8
4. Alaska: 990.8
5. North Carolina: 898.3
6. Alabama: 857.2
7. Oklahoma: 842.9
8. Tennessee: 836.6
9. Georgia: 826.9
10. New Mexico: 818.4

Patrick McCreless

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Patrick McCreless is the Southeast service journalism editor for McClatchy, who leads and edits a team of six reporters in South Carolina, Georgia and Mississippi. The team writes about trending news of the day and topics that help readers in their daily lives and better informs them about their communities. He attended Jacksonville State University in Alabama and grew up in Tuscaloosa, AL.