The Cost of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Besides the immediate and long term consequences, the direct medical cost of sexually transmitted diseases in the United States is about $17 billion annually.1

Reference:
Chesson HW, Gift TL, Owusu-Edusei K, Tao G, Johnson AP, Kent CK. A brief review of the estimated economic burden of sexually transmitted diseases in the United States: Inflation-adjusted updates of previously published cost studies. Sex Transm Dis 2011; 38(10): 889-891.