Youth Indicators 1996 / Indicator 48, Chart 1
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Annual Summaries, various years.
Since 1950, young people have benefited from dramatic strides made against such diseases as polio and measles. While the number of cases of gonorrhea increased enormously between 1965 and 1975, it has declined since 1980. Syphilis and measles have been declining since 1990. The number of reported cases of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) more than doubled since 1990.
