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All states require that certain sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) be reported by physicians and other health care
providers when they suspect that a case has occurred or they have laboratory confirmation.
It is important to note that disease reporting is likely incomplete and completeness may vary depending on the disease.
Moreover, changes in methods for public health surveillance, or implementation of new diagnostic tests can cause changes
in disease reporting that are independent of the true incidence of disease.* In this section, rates for STDs were calculated
using denominators based on 2013 estimates taken from the CDC.
*Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Summary of notifiable diseases ?United States, 2008. Published June 25, 2010, for 2008;
Vol. 57 (No. 54). Available online at
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