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Director of nursing presents 2023 STD/HIV data: county sees high STD counts, HIV cases concentrated in younger adults
Summary
The Board received the health department's 2023 communicable disease overview: roughly 601 reportable STI cases, highest rates among ages 15–24, an HIV caseload that peaked at 13 in 2022, and hepatitis C counts driven in part by people newly counted after incarceration.
John Page, the Scotland County director of nursing, presented the health department's 2023 communicable-disease summary to the Board of Health, reporting elevated sexually transmitted infection (STI) counts and describing operational challenges with testing and follow-up.
Page said the county recorded about 601 reportable STI cases in the reporting period, with the highest burden among residents aged 15–24 and higher reported rates among females for chlamydia and gonorrhea. He reported that HIV cases have historically been small in absolute numbers but large per 100,000 because…
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