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Safe Sex in Your City?
The National Report Card on STDs



Stop Paying for Sex
Are you Carrying?
How's Your Character?
Some cities are filthy with roaches. Others are infested with bed bugs--the kind you get through (continued below...)

unprotected sex. In fact, if it were possible to hold a microscope up to Detroit, you'd see that it's literally crawling with the critters. The Motor City is now the easiest place for an STD to hitch a ride.

How do we know? We collected the next best thing to block-by-block blood samples: the most recent rates of gonorrhea, syphilis, and chlamydia, as reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And for those cities that aren't required to kiss and tell their STD rates to the CDC, we examined county data, from which we also pulled the most current HIV mortality rates. After analyzing all of these highly infectious numbers in our statistical petri dish, we were able to name the cities most likely to make love hurt--and those where sex is still just good clean fun.

Good to Go
1. Anaheim, CA A+

2. Santa Ana, CA A+

3. Spokane, WA A+

4. Modesto, CA A

5. Madison, WI A

6. Plano, TX A

7. Lincoln, NE A

8. Riverside, CA A

9. San Jose, CA A

10. Akron, OH A-

11. Birmingham, AL A-

12. Aurora, CO A-

13. Seattle, WA A-

14. Tacoma, WA A-

Not to Worry
15. Yonkers, NY B+

16. Colorado Springs, CO B+

17. Des Moines, IA B

18. Fremont, CA B

19. Glendale, CA B

20. Bakersfield, CA B

21. Virginia Beach, VA B

22. Tucson, AZ B

23. Pittsburgh, PA B

24. (tie) Anchorage, AK B

Henderson, NV B

Las Vegas, NV B

27. Stockton, CA B

28. Honolulu, HI B

29. (tie) San Diego, CA B

Fort Wayne, IN B

31. (tie) Sacramento, CA B- Raleigh, NC B-

33. El Paso, TX B-

34. Wichita, KS B-

35. Long Beach, CA B-

36. (tie) Chandler, AZ B-

Glendale, AZ B-

Mesa, AZ B-

Scottsdale, AZ B-

Not Working up to Potential
40. Los Angeles, CA C+

41. St. Petersburg, FL C+

42. (tie) Lexington, KY C+

Cleveland, OH C+

44. Grand Rapids, MI C+

45. Corpus Christi, TX C+

46. Oakland, CA C+

47. Hialeah, FL C+

48. Chesapeake, VA C+

49. Phoenix, AZ C+

50. (tie) Fresno, CA C+

Arlington, TX C+

52. Fort Worth, TX C+

53. Miami, FL C

54. Portland, OR C 55. St. Paul, MN C

56. Omaha, NE C-

57. Cincinnati, OH C-

58. Jersey City, NJ C-

59. Albuquerque, NM C-

60. Louisville, KY C-

61. (tie) Toledo, OH C-

Lubbock, TX C-

63. Tulsa, OK C-

64. Austin, TX C-

65. San Antonio, TX C-

Taking Your Chances
66. Baton Rouge, LA D+

67. Houston, TX D+

68. Tampa, FL D+

69. Montgomery, AL D+

70. Columbus, OH D+

71. Buffalo, NY D

72. Greensboro, NC D

73. Charlotte, NC D

74. Rochester, NY D

75. Jacksonville, FL D

76. New York, NY D

77. (tie) Minneapolis,

MN D

Garland, TX D

Irving, TX D

80. Nashville, TN D-

81. Dallas, TX D-

82. Kansas City, MO D-

83. (tie) Shreveport, LA D-

Milwaukee, WI D-

85. Indianapolis, IN D-

86. (tie) Denver, CO D-

Boston, MA D-

Might as Well Get Your Shots Now
88. San Francisco, CA F

89. St. Louis, MO F

90. Oklahoma City, OK F

91. Norfolk, VA F

92. Chicago, IL F

93. Richmond, VA F

94. New Orleans, LA F

95. Memphis, TN F

96. Philadelphia, PA F

97. Washington, DC F

98. Atlanta, GA F

99. Baltimore, MD F

100. Newark, NJ F

101. Detroit, MI F