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STD rates in New Haven and New Haven County rank among the highest in Connecticut — a pattern that reflects the city's stark epidemiological contrast between Yale's world-class medical infrastructure and the concentrated poverty of neighborhoods like Fair Haven, Newhallville, and the Hill. According to CDC surveillance data and the Connecticut Department of Public Health:• New Haven reports the second-highest STD rates in Connecticut by city, with chlamydia and gonorrhea rates that significantly exceed the state average, concentrated in Fair Haven, Newhallville, and the Hill where healthcare access barriers sustain ongoing transmission• Black residents in New Haven and New Haven County face chlamydia rates approximately 5–6 times higher than white residents and gonorrhea rates more than 10 times higher — racial disparities among the most pronounced in New England• New Haven County syphilis rates have risen sharply since 2018, tracking the national resurgence; New Haven City carries the highest burden within the county• Yale University's 14,000 graduate and professional students — including one of the largest schools of medicine and public health in the country — add a highly mobile, sexually active demographic whose screening rates are inconsistent despite high health literacy• Young adults aged 20–24, who represent a significant share of New Haven's population given its student demographics, nationally carry the highest per-capita chlamydia and gonorrhea rates of any age group• New Haven's high uninsured rate in non-Yale neighborhoods, combined with resource concentration in academic medicine rather than community health, leaves many residents without routine STD screening in primary care• Many infections show no symptoms — making routine testing the only reliable way to know your status