Prevalence of Chlamydia in young men in the United States from newly implemented universal screening in a national job training program.
OBJECTIVE
The objective of this study was to examine chlamydia prevalence and its risk factors from the first universal screening in socioeconomically disadvantaged young men.


OBJECTIVE
The goal of this study was to evaluate the need for universal screening in young men.


METHODS
We calculated chlamydia prevalence by demographic and geographic characteristics from 51,478 men aged 16 to 24 years who were screened from July 2003 to December 2004.


RESULTS
Overall, chlamydia prevalence was 8.2%. Only 2.4% of the young men had sexually transmitted disease symptoms. Blacks had the highest prevalence (13.0%), whereas non-Hispanic whites had the lowest (3.1%). Men who smoked marijuana had a significantly higher prevalence compared with those who did not (11.9% vs. 6.4%). Men who used cocaine or PCP also had a significantly higher chlamydia prevalence compared with those who did not. Men who lived in the southern region of the United States had the highest prevalence.


CONCLUSIONS
Chlamydial infection is highly prevalent among socioeconomically disadvantaged young men. Young men entering the National Job Training Program represent an important population for screening.
Joesoef
M Riduan
MR
Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. mrj1@cdc.gov
Mosure
Debra J
DJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D044383:Black People; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D003042:Cocaine; D005845:Georgia / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008385:Marijuana Smoking; D008403:Mass Screening; D011203:Poverty; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D001741:Black or African American
D003042:Cocaine