1 in 1,000,000
The odds an adolescent 10 – 14 will be diagnosed with primary or secondary syphilis in a year are 1 in 1,000,000 (US, 2006).
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SOURCE(S)
Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 2006. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, November 2007.
CALCULATION(S) BY BOOK OF ODDS BASED ON
Population Estimates Program [Internet]. U.S. Census Bureau; Available from: http://www.census.gov/popest/estimates.php
DEFINITIONS
Adolescent
A person aged 10 – 19.
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