The population in Benton County, Mississippi is less than 8,200, but, according to a new study, one in every 27 people has a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI), no other county in the U.S. even comes close.
Benton Medical Center family nurse practitioner, Christina Nunnally, says she sees cases of STI’s almost every day. “STDs are common through Mississippi,” Nunnally says, “A lower education level and higher poverty level it seems to breed STDs.”
The STI rate in Benton County is astronomical. The next closest is Dewey, South Dakota, where the rate is one in 43.