AIDS is still, to a great extent, a disease of big city America and the states with the highest HIV rates are the ones with the biggest, most cosmopolitan cities — California, New York, Florida, Texas, Massachusetts and Illinois.
But three of the most prevalent non-AIDS STDs do seem to hit Red states disproportionately when it comes to infection rates, according to 2006 U.S. health data compiled by Avert, an international AIDS organization.
Gonorrhea: Seven out of the top ten states (Mississippi, S. Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, Tennessee and Missouri) are red.
Chlamydia: Six out of the top ten states (Alaska, Mississippi,S. Carolina, Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee) are red.
Syphilis: Five out of the top ten states (Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Texas and Tennessee) are red.
YEAH GEORGIA! All three! I’m so proud. Kidding. But so glad some in Georgia want to make it harder to buy condoms. We really do not need another Rockdale county situation on our hands.
