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Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted bacterial infection in the U.S., and young women (age range, 15–25) constitute more than half of all reported cases. The CDC has evaluated screening data that commercial and Medicaid health plans provided to the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) from 2000 through 2007.
Screening rates in sexually active young women rose from 25.3% in 2000 to 43.6% in 2006 and then fell to 41.6% in 2007. The highest regional 2007 screening rates were in the Northeast (45.5%), and the lowest rates were in the South (37.3%). State screening rates in 2007 ranged from 57.8% in Hawaii to 20.8% in Utah. Overall, chlamydia screening rates were markedly lower than rates of other women’s health …