This Wisconsin City Has One Of The Highest STD Rates In The U.S.

Heading home for the holidays? If you're from the only Wisconsin city to be ranked high on a recent list of U.S. cities with the highest sexually transmitted disease (STD) rates, you might want to avoid hooking up with anyone.

Getting an STD can be extremely embarrassing but unfortunately, many people get them and pass those diseases on to others. This report not only has just one Wisconsin city on this list but that Wisconsin city is in the top 20 places with the highest STD rates.

Getting The STD Rates

Researchers at Innerbody conducted their annual study to find which cities in the U.S. statistically have the highest STD rates. Only one Wisconsin city made this list but made it in the top 20. Using resources like the CDC’s latest STD Surveillance Statistics, Innerbody Research showed the trends for 2024.

"For our 7th annual study of STD rates, based on the latest data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Innerbody Research analyzed statistics on a city-by-city basis and developed our list of the Top 100 cities with the highest STD rates. In this year's report, the city with the highest STD rate was Philadelphia, PA, overtaking Memphis, TN, which moved to 2nd. This, in turn, pushed Jackson, MS from 2nd to 3rd in our rankings."

This Wisconsin City Has On Of The Highest STD Rates

This study not only shows how STD rates are increasing in some major American cities but also brings awareness to STDs and how to prevent them. If you live in this major Wisconsin city, be careful who you are sleeping with because it could get you a trip to your doctor.

Coming in as the state with the 20th highest STD rate in the U.S., it's the biggest city in the Badger State, Milwaukee, WI.

The good news is that Milwaukee is down a lot from the previous year when it was at #7.

Milwaukee, WI has a high number of overall STD cases per 100,000 people. They also have a high number of Chlamydia, Syphilis, HIV, and Gonorrhea cases.

Iowa & Illinois Also Had Cities On This List

If you live in Wisconsin's neighboring states of Iowa and Illinois, don't be poking fun too quickly. Iowa and Illinois both had one city land on this list.

Just outside of the top 20 states with the highest STD rates, at number 48 (down from #28), Des Moines, IA.

• #48 - Des Moines, IA
  • STD Cases / 100K - 942
  • HIV Cases - 34
  • Chlamydia Cases - 3,817
  • Gonorrhea Cases - 2,096
  • Syphilis Cases - 134

And below that, also down this year from 41st to 53rd, is the Windy City, Chicago, IL.

• #41 - Chicago, IL
  • STD Cases / 100K - 853
  • HIV Cases - 1,002
  • Chlamydia Cases - 51,609
  • Gonorrhea Cases - 20,570
  • Syphilis Cases - 1,168