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Old 07-28-2015, 06:55 AM
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Default poorly written article and stats
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Originally Posted by rustyp View Post
Read an article today in a northern NY newspaper about STD's. According to the CDC 2013 The Villages has a STD rate of 277.5 per one hundred thousand. This was one of the lowest rates in the country. A nearby comparison is Tampa / St Pete at 731.6 per one hundred thousand. The top ten cities in the US range from 1899.2 per one hundred thousand (#1) to 1489.2 per one hundred thousand (#10). What has happened to our active lifestyle?
The article sounds like it is filled with flawed stats. I don't give it much credit for being true based on this. I would be more afraid of what goes on in the other Florida cities and not so much Tv.