Table 12. Gonorrhea

Table 12. Gonorrhea — Reported cases and rates by state/area, ranked by rates: United States and outlying areas, 2000

Rank	State/Area	Cases	Rate per 100,000 Population
1	Mississippi	9,217	332.9
2	Louisiana	13,245	302.9
3	Alabama	12,063	276.0
4	Georgia	20,265	260.2
5	North Carolina	17,823	233.0
6	Delaware	1,735	230.2
7	Tennessee	11,876	216.6
8	South Carolina	8,383	215.7
9	Maryland	9,837	190.2
10	Michigan	18,182	184.3
11	Ohio	19,303	171.5
12	Illinois	20,671	170.4
13	Texas	32,919	164.2
14	Missouri	8,883	162.4
15	Florida	22,781	150.8
16	Virginia	10,175	148.0
17	Arkansas	3,642	142.7
18	Wisconsin	7,013	133.6
	U.S. TOTAL¹	358,995	131.6
19	Oklahoma	4,229	125.9
20	Pennsylvania	13,607	113.4
21	New York	20,114	110.5
22	Indiana	6,525	109.8
23	Kansas	2,795	105.3
24	Nebraska	1,534	92.1
25	New Jersey	7,232	88.8
26	Connecticut	2,912	88.7
27	Kentucky	3,502	88.4
28	Arizona	4,130	86.4
29	Nevada	1,553	85.8
30	Colorado	3,112	76.7
31	Rhode Island	661	66.7
32	Minnesota	3,160	66.2
33	New Mexico	1,152	66.2
34	California	21,619	65.2
35	Alaska	361	58.3
36	Massachusetts	3,045	49.3
37	Iowa	1,392	48.5
38	Washington	2,418	42.0
39	Hawaii	483	40.7
40	Guam	62	37.9
41	South Dakota	277	37.8
42	West Virginia	645	35.7
43	Oregon	1,038	31.3
44	Virgin Islands	24	21.3
	YEAR 2010 OBJECTIVE		19.0
45	Puerto Rico	527	13.5
46	North Dakota	73	11.5
47	Wyoming	53	11.1
48	Vermont	65	10.9
49	Utah	231	10.8
50	New Hampshire	110	9.2
51	Idaho	98	7.8
52	Maine	90	7.2
53	Montana	60	6.8

¹Includes cases reported by Washington, D.C., but excludes outlying areas (Guam, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands).

Page last modified: December 3, 2001
Page last reviewed: December 3, 2001 Historical Document
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