Introductory Section

Acknowledgments

Publication of this report would not have been possible without the contributions of the state and territorial health departments, sexually transmitted disease control programs, and public health laboratories that provided surveillance data to CDC.

This report was prepared by the following CDC staff:

Jim Braxton, Delicia Carey, Darlene Davis, Alison Footman, Elaine Flagg, LaZetta Grier, Alesia Harvey, Kathleen Hutchins, Sarah Kidd, Jennine Kinsey, Robert Kirkcaldy, Eloisa Llata, Rob Nelson, Fred Rivers, Mark Stenger, John Su, Elizabeth Torrone, Hillard Weinstock, the Surveillance and Data Management Branch of the Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention.

Copyright Information

All material contained in this report is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted without special permission; however, citation as to source is appreciated.

Suggested Citation

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2012. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2013.

Web Site

The online version of this report is available at http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats12/

Selected STD Surveillance and Prevention References and Web Sites

STD Surveillance Reports 1993–2011
http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats/

STD Data in the NCHHSTP Atlas
http://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/atlas/

STD Data on Wonder
http://wonder.cdc.gov/std.html

STD Data Management & Information Technology
http://www.cdc.gov/std/Program/data-mgmt.htm

STD Fact Sheets
http://www.cdc.gov/std/healthcomm/fact_sheets.htm

STD Treatment Guidelines
http://www.cdc.gov/STD/treatment/

STD Program Evaluation Guidelines
http://www.cdc.gov/std/program/pupestd.htm

STD Program Operation Guidelines
http://www.cdc.gov/std/program/GL-2001.htm

Recommendations for Public Health Surveillance of Syphilis in the United States
http://www.cdc.gov/std/SyphSurvReco.pdf

Behavioral Surveillance
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System:http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/index.htm.

National Survey of Family Growth
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nsfg.htm