article_snippet: And while the number of Americans with gonorrhoea has declined since 1980, the figure for the US still eclipses rates of the US European counterparts.
article_snippet: Researchers found a stark difference between the United States and Europe.
article_snippet: Graphs, showing the difference between rates of chlamydia, gonorrhoea, and syphilis in Europe (left) and the U.S. (right), show Europe has managed to keep the incidence of STDs relatively low.
article_snippet: Outside of that, there were no drastic increases in these STDs in Europe.
article_snippet: But the gonorrhoea in the US still eclipses rates  of the US European counterparts.
article_snippet: However, looking at rates per individual, new diagnoses of STDs – especially chlamydia – are still far less common in Europe than in the United States .
highlights_snippet: Gonorrhea rates are still much higher in the US than in Europe .
  