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State Profile Illinois
 
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Indicators from the state STD Prevention Funding Study  
Total State General Revenue (GR) Funding for STD Prevention* $ 766,849.00
Total Federal STD funding** $ 6,604,997.00
Total investment in STD prevention (state and federal) $ 7,371,846.00
State GR as percent total STD investment 10.40%
State Public Health funding (2006/7) $ 276,278,000.00
State population (Census 2006) 12,633,000
Per capita state funding for public health $ 21.87
Per capita state funding for STD $ 0.06
Percentage of public health funding for STD 0.28%
National rank: State investment as % total STD investment 36
National rank: Per capita state funding for STD 36
National rank: Per capita state funding for public health 33
National rank: Percentage of public health spending for STD 28
Chlamydia rates among women per 100,000 (2006) 611.60
National rank: Chlamydia rates among women per 100,000 (2006) 12
Primary and Secondary Syphilis rates per 100,000 (2006) 3.40
National rank: Primary and Secondary Syphilis rates per 100,000 (2006) 14 (tied with AZ)
Congenital Syphilis rates per 100,000 births (2006) 8.30
National rank: Congenital Syphilis rates per 100,000 births (2006) 14
Gonorrhea rates per 100,000 (2006) 158.20
National rank: Gonorrhea rates per 100,000 (2006) 12
Incidence of acute hepatitis B per 100,000 (2006) 1
National rank: Incidence of acute hepatitis B per 100,000 (2006) 20 (tied with NY, VA, RI, UT and ID)
 
*Surveys returned from the STD and Immunization programs. The state laboratory and the Hepatitis program did not return a survey.
 
**Does not include federal funding for STD Prevention Training Centers which are funded regionally. Also does not include federal Immunization funding for Vaccine for Children and 317.

Expenditures
*Surveys returned from the STD and Immunization programs. The state laboratory and the Hepatitis program did not return a survey.
**Expenditures reported here do not include $10,000 of reported state general revenue for STD prevention.
***100% of the STD vaccine purchase was for combination hepatitis A/B vaccine
Policies Exists # of states with this policy # of states with no such policy
Prenatal screening for STIs yes 25 26
Requirement for comprehensive STD and/or HIV prevention education no 6 45
Mandate for specific vaccines HBV 0 51
Age-appropriate comprehensive sex education for K-12 no 8 43
Certification and/or specialized training for all sexuality and health education classroom instructors no 2 49
Electronic laboratory reporting for STIs and related conditions yes 22 29
Expedited partner therapy no 10 41
Instruction about STIs using a standardized curriculum approved by the state health department yes 3 48
Insurance coverage (public and private) for HIV and STD screening yes 10 41
Opt out for written consent for HIV testing in STD clinics yes 14 37
Policy or mandate for vaccine data to be stored in state immunization registry no 9 42
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