Daviess County Health Nurse Kathy Sullender presented some alarming statistics to the county commissioners on Monday.
She says the number of Chlamydia cases in Daviess County has risen from a little over 100 cases per 100,00 people to over 300 cases per 100,000. That’s a steeper rise than the state or national rates. She requested her department start a Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Program. The Commissioners gave their approval.
She also informed the board, that the rate of births to teenage mothers in the county was 20% higher than the state average.