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Article: Sex diseases continue to rise; State data for 2003 showed that sexually transmitted diseases had reached an epidemic level among teenagers and young adults.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- May 11, 2004
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Byline: Josephine Marcotty; Staff Writer
CORRECTION PUBLISHED 05/12/04: This story incorrectly reported the increase in two sexually transmitted diseases in Minnesota. The story should have said that in 2003 chlamydia rates rose 6 percent and gonorrhea rates rose 5 percent.
An epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases continued unabated in 2003 among teenagers and young adults in Minnesota, according to data released by the state Health Department on Monday.
Since 2002 the number of new diagnoses of chlamydia rose 5 percent and gonorrhea was up 6 percent, with most of the increases occurring in 15- to 24-year-olds, according to the Health ...