Table 16.    Gonorrhea —  Reported cases and rates in selected cities of >200,000 population, ranked by rates: United States and outlying areas, 2000

Rank

City

Cases

Rate per 100,000 Population

1

Richmond, VA

1,752

923.6

2

Rochester, NY

2,142

894.8

3

Baltimore, MD

5,603

885.6

4

St Louis, MO

2,879

862.1

5

Detroit, MI

9,610

766.7

6

Norfolk, VA

1,490

659.7

7

New Orleans, LA

3,015

654.1

8

Kansas City, MO

2,688

595.2

9

Philadelphia, PA

8,198

578.3

10

Milwaukee, WI

5,146

567.8

11

Memphis, TN

4,941

566.0

12

Newark, NJ

1,558

550.0

13

Washington, DC

2,706

521.4

14

Buffalo, NY

1,572

500.8

15

Jacksonville, FL

3,640

492.9

16

Atlanta, GA

3,456

464.0

17

Birmingham, AL

3,018

459.1

18

Nashville, TN

2,404

453.5

19

Minneapolis, MN

1,577

430.7

20

Indianapolis, IN

3,206

395.3

21

Cincinnati, OH

3,227

384.0

22

Chicago, IL

10,841

363.7

23

Dallas, TX

7,315

354.7

24

Oklahoma City, OK

1,434

349.8

25

Columbus, OH

3,386

329.4

26

Denver, CO

1,594

318.9

27

San Francisco, CA

2,161

289.4

28

Charlotte, NC

1,758

271.1

29

Omaha, NE

1,161

260.2

30

St Paul, MN

703

259.6

31

Cleveland, OH

3,497

254.9

32

Corpus Christi, TX

775

245.7

33

Tulsa, OK

893

232.7

34

Boston, MA

1,229

220.9

35

Jersey City, NJ

465

212.9

36

Austin, TX

1,518

208.8

37

Fort Worth, TX

2,787

201.6

38

Toledo, OH

864

193.5

39

Houston, TX

5,918

182.1

40

Dayton, OH

1,015

179.4

41

Louisville, KY

1,200

178.3

42

Tampa, FL

1,653

175.8

43

St Petersburg, FL

1,542

175.5

44

Akron, OH

913

169.7

45

San Antonio, TX

2,298

167.4

46

New York City, NY

11,669

157.1

47

Wichita, KS

675

149.4

48

Oakland, CA

1,793

138.6

49

Portland, OR

681

136.3

50

Albuquerque, NM

697

133.1

51

Pittsburgh, PA

1,494

118.9

52

Phoenix, AZ

3,195

111.7

53

Sacramento, CA

1,295

109.3

54

Des Moines, IA

380

104.2

55

Miami, FL

1,995

91.7

56

Los Angeles, CA

7,307

83.7

57

Tucson, AZ

591

73.5

58

Seattle, WA

1,221

73.3

59

San Diego, CA

1,798

63.7

60

Yonkers, NY

109

56.0

61

Honolulu, HI

433

50.1

62

El Paso, TX

209

29.8

63

San Jose, CA

446

27.1

64

San Juan, PR

270

25.7

 

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