Menstuff® has compiled the following information on the first-of-its kind ranking, MTV's V.D. Report Card listed these cities as the Top 60 Sex Savviest Cities in the U.S. These cities were the best at reducing the rates of three STDs--syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia--over the past five years.
Some cities were successful reducing the rate of one STD, but not another. Look below to find out where your city ranked - from 1 to 60 - in reducing one of the three different STDs - syphilis, gonorrhea, or chlamydia. The lower the number, the better they did reducing the rate of that STD. So a “1” is the best, a “60” is the worst. Then look in the parenthesis to see how much the rate* of that STD increased or decreased in the past five years.**
Rank City, State Total Score 1 Baltimore, MD 1 (-77.1) 2 (-248.3) 1 (-92.8) 4 2 Washington, DC 6 (-14.6) 1 (-357.5) 9 (-5.8) 16 3 Nashville, TN 2 (-24.7) 4 (-99.0) 11 (25.0) 17 4 Tampa, FL 19 (-2.2) 5 (-95.1) 4 (-58.0) 28 5 Louisville, KY 9 (-13.3) 9 (-63.9) 13 (43.1) 31 6 Houston, TX 17 (-2.7) 12 (-47.8) 7 (-8.6) 36 7 Birmingham, AL 7 (-14.4) 7 (-78.6) 29 (86.5) 43 8 Memphis, TN 5 (-16.4) 8 (-70.6) 34 (113.6) 47 9 Dallas, TX 22 (-1.8) 11 (-50.5) 23 (67.0) 56 10 Austin, TX 44 (0.9) 14 (-31.6) 5 (-20.8) 63 11 Sacramento, CA 32 (-0.1) 15 (-26.9) 18 (52.3) 65 12 Richmond, VA 4 (-20.9) 60 (304.8) 3 (-77.9) 67 13 St. Petersburg, FL 32 (-0.1) 26 (13.2) 10 (-0.7) 68 14 New York City, NY 53 (2.2) 10 (-54.8) 6 (-17.5) 69 14 Boston, MA 11 (-6.3) 41 (54.2) 17 (51.3) 69 16 Charlotte, NC 16 (-3.6) 24 (11.9) 33 (107.4) 73 17 Phoenix, AZ 40 (0.4) 19 (-19.5) 15 (47.4) 74 18 Atlanta, GA 26 (-0.7) 3 (-190.5) 46 (205.1) 75 19 Wichita, KS 17 (-2.7) 38 (44.8) 21 (59.3) 76 20 Minneapolis, MN 54 (2.9) 13 (-35.7) 12 (35.7) 79 21 San Jose, CA 38 (0.3) 21 (3.2) 24 (73.7) 83 22 Miami, FL 56 (5.8) 20 (-18.8) 8 (-6.4) 84 22 Norfolk, VA 13 (-4.3) 17 (-20.5) 54 (247.4) 84 24 Kansas City, MO 42 (0.7) 44 (59.5) 2 (-82.3) 88 24 Akron, OH 28 (-0.6) 40 (51.4) 20 (53.7) 88 26 Omaha, NE 40 (0.4) 28 (17.1) 22 (64.9) 90 26 San Diego, CA 37 (0.2) 23 (11.3) 30 (90.7) 90 28x Jersey City, NJ 21 (-2.0) 34 (32.1) 35 (117.3) 90 29 Des Moines, IA 38 (0.3) 16 (-21.1) 39 (139.4) 93 30 Fort Worth, TX 32 (-0.1) 32 (25.9) 32 (105.4) 96 30 New Orleans, LA 3 (-23.1) 48 (67.2) 45 (187.1) 96 32 Pittsburgh, PA 36 (0.1) 49 (69.4) 14 (43.9) 99 32 Tucson, AZ 46 (1.1) 27 (15.0) 26 (78.0) 99 34 St. Louis, MO 7 (-14.4) 54 (93.9) 40 (141.6) 101 35 San Antonio, TX 55 (3.1) 31 (22.2) 16 (49.6) 102 35 Cleveland, OH 14 (-4.2) 52 (78.7) 36 (124.7) 102 37 Los Angeles, CA 43 (0.8) 29 (19.0) 31 (94.4) 103 38 Seattle, WA 51 (1.7) 35 (33.4) 19 (52.9) 105 39 Oakland, CA 46 (1.1) 33 (30.1) 27 (82.0) 106 40 Chicago, IL 23 (-1.6) 37 (41.6) 47 (205.9) 107 41 Dayton, OH 12 (-4.6) 46 (64.8) 50 (224.7) 108 42 Albuquerque, NM 29 (-0.3) 25 (12.8) 55 (253.1) 109 43 Portland, OR 46 (1.1) 39 (45.6) 25 (77.7) 110 44 Newark, NJ 58 (10.2) 6 (-93.4) 49 (214.1) 113 45 Philadelphia, PA 19 (-2.2) 53 (85.4) 44 (175.9) 116 46 Milwaukee, WI 10 (-7.3) 51 (78.0) 56 (311.3) 117 47 Honolulu, HI 45 (1.0) 22 (8.0) 51 (225.3) 118 47 Cincinnati, OH 15 (-3.8) 50 (76.3) 53 (236.2) 118 49 Jacksonville, FL 35 (0.0) 47 (65.5) 38 (128.0) 120 49 El Paso, TX 50 (1.4) 30 (20.7) 40 (141.6) 120 51 Columbus, OH 31 (-0.2) 55 (95.3) 42 (145.7) 128 52 Corpus Christi, TX 29 (-0.3) 57 (102.1) 43 (154.3) 129 53 San Francisco, CA 59 (10.8) 43 (58.1) 28 (83.8) 130 54 St. Paul, MN 52 (1.8) 42 (58.0) 37 (126.3) 131 55 Tulsa, OK 25 (-0.8) 56 (97.0) 52 (230.7) 133 56 Detroit, MI 60 (20.0) 18 (-20.0) 58 (334.0) 136 57 Denver, CO 46 (1.1) 45 (63.2) 48 (208.4) 139 58 Oklahoma City, OK 26 (-0.7) 58 (157.3) 59 (344.7) 143 58 Toledo, OH 24 (-1.1) 59 (184.1) 60 (376.1) 143 60 Indianapolis, IN 57 (6.2) 36 (35.3) 57 (314.4) 150
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Methodology
Based on the latest annual STD Surveillance Report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2001, the change in rate per 100,000 people from 1997 to 2001 of the three nationally reportable STDs (chlamydia, syphilis, gonorrhea) was used for the 60 cities that have had populations of 200,000 or more since 1997. Rankings from 1 to 60 were given to each city based on that rate change. “1” was given to the city with the highest rate reduction, and “60” was given to the city with the lowest rate reduction (or highest rate increase). A composite ranking was determined by adding those rankings together for all three STDs to give the city its total score.
*Rates are calculated per 100,000 in population.
**Data for each STD based on the CDC’s annual STD Surveillance
Report from 1997 to 2001.
Total Score: The sum of the rankings for each of the three STDs.
Source: www.mtv.com/onair/ffyr/protect/sex_savvy_breakdown.jhtml
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