Prevalence of venereal disease in indigent pregnant adolescents.
The prevalence of venereal disease in an indigent adolescent maternity population was determined. Of 740 teenagers examined for gonorrhea and syphilis, 2,4% were found to have gonorrhea, whereas 0.6% had primary syphilis. A concomitant study of 740 adult maternity cases at the same hospital revealed a somewhate higher incidence. Some factors in venereal disease prevalence in pregnant teenagers are discussed briefly.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008489:Medical Indigency; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D013587:Syphilis / Q000453:epidemiology*