The number of people who had themselves tested for an STD also increased, and relatively more people actually had an STD. In the first half of 2023, that finding rate was 3.7 percent among women and 3.2 percent among straight men. In the first half of 2022, this percentage was 1.8 percent among women and 2 percent among straight men. The finding rate among the MSM group increased from 12.8 to 13.4 percent. There is also an MSM group that is under surveillance, they take the PrEP pill and are checked for STDs every quarter. Among this group, the finding rate increased from 9.8 to 11.1 percent.
More and more people are getting gonorrhea, especially young women
