Std Rates By State 2024. Department of health and human services last year convened a syphilis task force focused on stopping the spread of the std, with an emphasis on places with the. Mississippi ranks #1 as the state with the highest rate of std cases;
The combined rate of infections from chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis in 2022 was 751.6 cases per 100,000 people, marking a 1.5% decrease from 2021, according to a u.s. Seven out of the top 10 states with the highest std rates are in the south;