Sexually transmitted infection rates are typically higher in Alaska than in other states.
A flier posted on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, on a University of Alaska Anchorage bulletin board gives information about testing for sexually transmitted infections. Alaska had the nation's highest gonorrhea rate last year.
Alaska had the nation’s highest rate of gonorrhea last year and the third-highest rate of chlamydia, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.from 2022 to 2023, the CDC reported. Alaska’s 2023 rate was also lower than the state’s 2022 rate, but the decline was slighter. Gonorrhea can cause infertility in women and men, infections that spread to various parts of the body, and complications for babies, including blindness. Alaska’s gonorrhea rate dropped from 314.
Alaska’s 2023 chlamydia rate of 697.7 per 100,000 people compares to a national rate of 492.2 per 100,000 people, according to the CDC. Chlamydia can cause pelvic inflammatory disease, prostate gland infections, infections in newborns and other complications.Alaska’s rates of primary and secondary syphilis increased from 2022 to 2023, from 21.8 per 100,000 to 22.5 per 100,000, or about 3%, according to the CDC.
Syphilis rates have spiked nationally in recent years, but the rate of increase slowed to 1% nationally in 2023, the CDC said. Particularly worrisome to health officials is the sharp increase in syphilis that is present at birth, known as congenital syphilis, which can be fatal to the infants. Congenital syphilis can also cause lasting and serious health problems, including bone deformities, blindness and deafness.
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