article_snippet: But now, researchers have revealed Iceland is also the chlamydia capital of Europe.
article_snippet: While the Nordic countries has high rates of the sexually transmitted disease (STD), rates in the US are even more alarming.
article_snippet: Since 1980, rates of chlamydia in the US have soared compared to Europe.
article_snippet: Researchers at onlinedoctor.superdrug.com plotted maps and graphs of STD rates in Europe and the US, from 1980 to 2013.
article_snippet: Here, Researchers at onlinedoctor.superdrug.com reveal the most STD-riddled countries...
article_snippet: There was one spike for chlamydia in 2005 and increases in gonorrhoea and syphilis in the mid-1990s.
article_snippet: What occurred with STD rates in the United States is more alarming, researchers said.
article_snippet: gonorrhoea rates, which were soaring compared to incidences of the disease in Europe, declined drastically in this period.
article_snippet: Worse yet is how much the US’s chlamydia incidence has risen over the same period of time; rates are sky high compared with statistics across the sea.
article_snippet: The map above highlights which STD had the most new diagnoses annually in a given country, averaged from 2000 to 2013.
article_snippet: Certain STDs seem to rule certain regions.
article_snippet: For example, among northern European and eastern countries, chlamydia was typically the disease with the most new cases.
article_snippet: In Germany and Poland in central Europe, hepatitis C was the most frequently diagnosed STD.
article_snippet: In southwest Europe, France, Spain, and Italy, there were more new HIV cases than any other STD.
article_snippet: The heat maps above show the changes over time in the  rates of new cases of chlamydia and gonorrhoea per individual across the United States.
highlights_snippet: Researchers plotted maps and graphs of STD rates from 1980 to 2013 .
  
highlights_snippet: In the US, rates of chlamydia soared since 1980 compared to Europe .
  