The CDC notes 10,598 cases of reported chlamydia in Kansas in 2011, which puts the Kansas per capita rate of chlamydia below the national average (ranked 34th). (see related link).
Chlamydia responds well to treatment and is not usually fatal.
Chlamydia is not fatal.
There were over 1.2 million cases of chlamydia reported in the US in 2009. Since many people are infected without knowing, it's likely that even more were infected that year.
Estimates from Canadian research on chlamydia prevalence estimate that about 158,000 Canadians have chlamydia at any one time, representing about 0.7% of Canadians aged 14 to 59. (see related link).
There is no exact data on the number of people with chlamydia in the 1930s-1940s as the disease was not well understood or easily diagnosed during that time. Chlamydia testing and reporting became more accurate and widespread in later decades.
While people with chlamydia may gain weight, chlamydia does not itself cause weight gain.
Chlamydia trachomatis has only the human host.
In 2011, per the CDC, the Philadelphia metropolitan area, including Camden and Wilmington, had a total of 34,799 cases of chlamydia (see related link).
The World Health Organization estimates there were 105.7 million cases of chlamydia worldwide in 2006. The numbers typically have been increasing year to year.
34.25 people per square mile in kansas :)
Yes, having chlamydia once can harm you, but most people are cured of chlamydia without long-term effects.
In 2008, there were over 40,000 reported cases of chlamydia in Sweden. Because a person often has the infection without knowing, actual rates of infection are higher.