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:In the United States, health officials reported over 32,000 cases of syphilis in 2002. [http://www.cdc.gov/std/syphilis/STDFact-Syphilis.htm#common Atlanta Center for Disease Control] | :In the United States, health officials reported over 32,000 cases of syphilis in 2002. [http://www.cdc.gov/std/syphilis/STDFact-Syphilis.htm#common Atlanta Center for Disease Control] | ||
:*But the disease could be unreported by a factor of five, much as [[rape]] is underreported (by a factor of ten). --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 21:08, 26 May 2007 (EDT) | :*But the disease could be unreported by a factor of five, much as [[rape]] is underreported (by a factor of ten). --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 21:08, 26 May 2007 (EDT) | ||
| + | ** I'm not sure that 160,000 in a country of over 300 million is exactly "widespread". That's about .05% of the population. [[User:JoshuaZ|JoshuaZ]] 22:32, 26 May 2007 (EDT) | ||
Latest revision as of 02:32, May 27, 2007
Widespread? In this day and age? --Ghoti 20:02, 26 May 2007 (EDT)
- In the United States, health officials reported over 32,000 cases of syphilis in 2002. Atlanta Center for Disease Control
- I'm not sure that 160,000 in a country of over 300 million is exactly "widespread". That's about .05% of the population. JoshuaZ 22:32, 26 May 2007 (EDT)