MESSAGE NOTED: Awareness of AIDS has produced...
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MESSAGE NOTED: Awareness of AIDS has produced one positive byproduct in Orange County: It’s led to a sharp reduction in sexually transmitted diseases, such as gonorrhea and syphilis. Reported cases of venereal diseases have decreased by two-thirds since 1987, health officials say. . . . Says Penny Weismuller of the county’s disease control office: “The prevention message we’ve been giving out on HIV is working for these diseases too.”
Disease in Decline
Reported cases of syphilis and gonorrhea in Orange County have dropped 68% since 1987. 1987: 4,639 1988: 4,130 1989: 2,811 1990: 1,974 1991: 1,494 Source: Orange County Health Care Agency
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