PIP: The distribution of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in 500 patients coming to the Department of Skin and VD, Government Medical College, Patiala, India, from 1983-1988 is listed. The patients were 70% male, aged 15-58, mostly aged 21-30, and 85% were of low income or unemployed. 17.2% were teens. The diagnoses from most to least frequent were: syphilis 29.6%, vaginitis 15%, condylomata accuminata 12%, genital herpes 11.6%, gonorrhea 10%, chancroid 8.8%, balanoposthitis 5.4%, non-gonococcal urethritis 5.2%, and lymphogranuloma venereum, Moluscum contagiosum and donovanosis each 0.2%. 12% were mixed infections. Most men cited prostitutes as the source of their illness, while women reported spouses.