5. South Carolina
Rate of Chlamydia per 100,000 people: 569.9
Rate of Gonorrhea per 100,000 people: 169.8
Rate of Syphilis per 100,000 people: 6.1
Insider Monkey Score: 5.00
South Carolina knows it has a problem with STDs and hence, it has enacted laws to deal with the issue. If a person, who has already been infected, willingly or knowingly exposes another person to the disease (while the law does not specify it, this probably means engaging in sexual intercourse), then the person has committed a felony and will be charged accordingly. According to the statistics, South Carolina takes the fifth positions among the states with the highest STD rates in America.
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