Manhattan, Bronx Most STD-Filled Boroughs in New York: CDC

NEW YORK, NY — Fans of one night stands, take note — you better be extra careful if you're living in Manhattan or the Bronx. Sexually transmitted diseases are up across all of New York City in 2015, but they're the highest in those two boroughs, according to the newest data released by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Oct. 19.

Numbers aren't encouraging much of anywhere in the United States, though. STD cases are up across the entire country from 2014 to 2015, according to CDC data, with syphilis cases up 19 percent, gonorrhea cases up 12.8 percent and chlamydia cases up 5.9 percent. In New York state, those numbers are all up as well. New York saw a rise of 4.9 percent in chlamydia cases, 9.3 percent in syphilis cases and 23.9 percent in gonorrhea cases. New York state is ranked 12th-worst in the country in chlamydia, 16th-worst in gonorrhea and 7th-worst in syphilis. All three are worse than the national average.

Young people were even worse than adults, with two-thirds of chlamydia cases diagnosed in 15 to 24 year olds, the CDC said. The CDC was pretty ominous in their release, noting the country had reached a "decisive moment."

"STD rates are rising, and many of the country's systems for preventing STDs have eroded," Dr. Jonathan Mermin, director of CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention said in a statement." We must mobilize, rebuild and expand services – or the human and economic burden will continue to grow.”

The CDC also breaks numbers down by county each year, meaning it's possible to count the total cases by borough. The boroughs are only ranked through the top 70, however, and Staten Island doesn't appear on any of the lists.

Chlamydia cases per 100,000 people (national county ranking in parentheses):

1. The Bronx — 1,150.1 (3)
2. Manhattan — 845.9 (10)
3. Brooklyn — 699.2 (24)
4. Queens — 537.2 (51)
5. Staten Island — n/a

Gonorrhea cases per 100,000 people (national county ranking in parentheses):

1. Manhattan — 335.3 (11)
2. The Bronx — 249.6 (22)
3. Brooklyn — 189.6 (39)
4. Queens — 107.1 (65)
5. Staten Island — n/a

Syphilis cases per 100,000 people (national county ranking in parentheses):

1. Manhattan — 33.2 (6)
2. The Bronx — 24.1 (13)
3. Brooklyn — 14.8 (35)
4. Queens — 8.9 (60)
5. Staten Island — n/a

Want to know the worst cities in America for STDs? (Of course you do.) St. Louis rules the list with a No. 1 ranking in chlamydia and gonorrhea rates, though San Francisco leads the country in cases of syphilis. Philadelphia, Baltimore and New Orleans all rank near the top of each of the lists.

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