This statistic is surprising but that is not all. Hep C is also something which is increasing in the black community. Co-infection rates are increasing across the country. I used to work with Bellevue’s Virology Clinic and I would see people who are eroding away from various diseases. All of which could have been avoided by numerous methods but it is the drug use phenomenon which increases this epidemic. Also, many black people do not see a physician unless they are hurting badly. Which increases the likelihood of passing diseases on to other people. Sad. Very sad. If you look at a map of NYC which shows reported diseases for each neighborhood, you will see that the majority of the reports are in black/hispanic areas (ex. the bronx, north shore of SI, uptown manhattan, various locations in BK).

WTF???!!!

WOW!!!!

i don’t believe it, i really don’t believe in these statistics at all

Auchamp…you don’t?

Tell you what…hit me up when you are around 23rd and 1st in manhattan. I’ll take you to the virology clinic. Then the statistics mentioned above by JC will become real. 2 years ago, the percent was 36% of women overall and 48% blacks vs 14% whites.

1/4th of nyc population has herpes.

IDK about statistics but I DO know that in my home city of Topeka Kansas the herpes rate has increased dramatically!! and I don’t know this by the statistics or the clinics I know this because there are women(and i use that term loosely) that talk about having it like its a good thing. I have heard girls talk about how they didn’t use protection because “that nigga got money so I don’t care what he got” REALLY. I moved away years ago but it scares me so much cause our city is just fading away. Between so many of my friends and family killing each other because they feel they have nothing to lose, women(and again…loosely) laying on their backs having babies to collect a check cause for some reason they think there is nothing outside of those Topeka walls, and that God forsaken triple 6 zip code that they refuse to change and that spreads across our city I’m almost scared to go home. I live in Missouri now and its not any better here but its NOTHING like the sadness of home. We already had a clap and AIDS problem now this SMH. All I know that as sexual as I am I love life(even the bad) and condoms are becoming almost irrelevant. I’ve locked these legs damn it!!

The 1 in 6 is extremely high on it’s own but I do believe that statistic. In my own personal life with females(female friends or otherwise) I’ve seen almost a 1 in 4 case, but HALF….HALF!!! Damn!!! That just seems too high. STD’s are a subject that NO ONE talks about, we as a society seem to talk about everything else. Great post.

Personally I blame hip hop. That’s always a safe bet

its almost enuff to scare you in to NOT having sex at all. just use some jimmy hats. and have them tested prior to using them. nuff said.

the statistics from the CDC have been misinterpreted. It doesn’t say that 48% of ALL Black women have herpes it says that out of the people that they’re reporting on 48% of those are black women. I think it’s just the media sensationalising things but I think it’s up to the CDC to do the decent thing and clarify their data. It will be interesting to see what they do.

Well I will add this story and take it for what it is, a story. I had a lot of interest in STD rates among African American women when I met a 20 year old that was HIV positive with 2 kids and pregnant with her 3rd. She was diagnosed at age 16. I found that 1 in 3 people have herpes, 33% of the population. I said to my very close friend you know that means between me, you and our other close friend one of us has herpes. She said I do have herpes. I have 3 CLOSE friends that have herpes. The problem is that only 1 of them notifies her partners. The other 2 have had relationships over the years and unprotected sex and didn’t notify the partner. Most people have only 1 outbreak or have them infrequently but you can still pass it. And its easier just to be quiet than to let your new partner know your secret.

I find statistics in general to be a bit skewed. Maybe I just need to do my own research but I am curious as to where they are gathering this information and if it were gathered in a control environment which wouldn’t be something new. Either way, people need to start protecting themselves or refrain from having sex, although sex isn’t the only way you can get herpes.

i’m glad i got a girl… this is making me throw up….

Did you know that the finding were based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. 5000 people are used to represent the 304,059,724 people living in America. Someone please correct me if i’m wrong, but out the 12.8% of black people living in America, Black African women would only make up approx 7% and then from this the correct age range would have to be deducted. I seriously doubt if they surveryed more than 300 women yet they’ve come to the conclusion that the prevalence rate is 48% amongst all black women.If they didnt say that then they need to release a press anouncement to correct the confusion. I’m waiting for some firm answers from the CDC.

STD reports work differently. Doctors are required to report communicable diseases to the health department. The local health dept then reports to the state and the state reports to the CDC. So African Americans are actually underrepresented in STD data because we tend to not go to the doctor. This is not like census data or the nutrition survey you mention above. the stat is saying that 48% of reported cases are black females.

They can tell us anything. Trust no man’s information unless you verify it first. I think the CDC is lying. They want to control black women and decrease a lot of black babies being born. We all know that by 2024 the white population will be a minority. This is all a Racist ploy. Why is it always black people have more diseases and more of anything than anyone else. They need to show what they used to come up with these figures. Anyway if this is true, how did the black women get this disease, a man would have had to give it to her. So if that is the case with all the Black men going to white women, maybe they will end up taking the lead.
ALL IN ALL THE FACTS NEED TO BE VERIFIED.
The CDC can tell us anything. I DO NOT BELEIVE ANYTHING THE CDC OR THE GOVERNMENT TELLS ME. I INVESITGATE FIRST.

Carol, I would agree with you if I didn’t work in a Virology Clinic for a few years.

Chances are you shake a hand of someone with a disease every day. Herpes is only the tip of the iceberg.

As for white people (or as I like to call them, Poisons), they are disgusting as well. But the thing we must remember is that the statistic is of reported cases. Many white people have private doctors who do not report these things. Also, White people are less likely to be all out in the streets about their diseases (trust me…they are some nasty people). There are too many black people who don’t have health care or wait until it is too late to go get checked out. Instead of going to their personal physician, they go to some clinic which records these numbers.

This is not a conspiracy to decrease the amount of black babies born. The fact that nurses ask hispanic and black mothers numerous times before a c-section if they want their tubes tied, is a conspiracy.

But to get back to the point, black people…go to a doctor on a regular basis and stop going to clinics if you can afford it. Seriously. The clinics are horrible. and smells like death. I’m a bit annoyed with seeing black faces in there.