13 Scary Facts About Black Women’s Health
- By
Meg Butler
Black Women Suffer from STDs At Higher Rates
In 2010, 69% of all reported cases of gonorrhea occurred among blacks. Though the disparity in incidence between blacks and whites is higher among black men, black women are still 16.2 times more likely to catch gonorrhea than white women. The rate of chlamydia among black women is also over seven times the rate among white women, and when it comes to syphilis, the rate among black women is 21 times the rate among white women.
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