Fact Based List:

CDC: Nationwide rise in STD rates from 2016 to 2017

  1. chlamydia rose by 7%
  2. gonorrhea rose by 19%
  3. syphilis rose by 11%
  4. congenital syphilis, which passes from mother to baby during pregnancy or delivery, rose by 44%

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, September 24, 2018
Source URL: https://www.cdc.gov/std/stats17/default.htm
Notes: from a report entitled, "Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2017"