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Supplemental Tables: Good Health

Secondary Indicator: SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES

Definition

This indicator tracks the number of cases and annual case rates per 100,000 population of reportable sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) including chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, and HIV/AIDS in children 10 to 17 years of age.

* Rates per 100,000 population; rates based on less than five events are unstable, and therefore should be interpreted with caution.

**Does not include congenital cases resulting from mother to child transmission.

1The rates before 2010 are calculated using the following population source: State of California, Department of Finance, Race/Ethnic Population with Age and Sex Detail, 2000-2050. Sacramento, California, July 2007. The rates since 2010 are calculated using the following population source: State of California, Department of Finance, Race/Ethnic Population with Age and Sex Detail, 2010-2060. Sacramento, California, May 2019.

Note: Recently the CA Department of Finance provided updated population estimates in Race/Ethnic Population with Age and Sex Detail, 2010-2060. Sacramento, California, December 2014. Rates for years 2010-2013 have been adjusted accordingly and may differ to from rates computed in previous reports.

Source: Orange County Health Care Agency, Public Health Services, May 2019