Table 19.    Gonorrhea — Men – Reported cases and rates in selected cities of >200,000 population listed in alphabetical order: United States and outlying areas, 1996–2000

 

Cases

Rates per 100,000 Population

City

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

Akron, OH

277

310

380

429

446

108.8

121.3

147.4

166.4

173.0

Albuquerque, NM

299

238

262

237

367

116.5

92.6

102.3

93.0

144.0

Atlanta, GA

2,774

2,917

3,118

3,172

1,910

812.1

844.0

884.0

892.2

537.2

Austin, TX

649

671

905

792

804

190.8

193.9

256.1

219.1

222.4

Baltimore, MD

3,441

3,414

3,714

3,410

2,961

1,100.2

1,116.4

1,233.5

1,154.8

1,002.8

Birmingham, AL

1,569

1,531

1,614

1,258

1,439

507.1

496.6

524.5

409.9

468.8

Boston, MA

416

494

505

490

611

154.6

183.6

188.4

182.6

227.7

Buffalo, NY

512

452

426

508

658

331.5

294.9

281.1

337.4

437.0

Charlotte, NC

1,086

1,059

1,081

1,154

1,010

377.8

357.8

356.0

370.0

323.9

Chicago, IL

5,673

8,411

6,937

7,444

7,066

402.7

597.8

484.6

520.0

493.6

Cincinnati, OH

432

1,023

1,518

1,193

1,343

106.4

253.1

378.4

300.1

337.9

Cleveland, OH

1,462

1,153

1,347

1,589

1,777

222.2

176.5

207.5

246.6

275.8

Columbus, OH

675

997

1,488

1,523

1,561

138.1

203.0

302.6

308.1

315.7

Corpus Christi, TX

175

188

268

300

420

113.4

120.7

174.3

195.7

274.0

Dallas, TX

2,674

3,326

3,814

3,834

3,775

272.3

333.7

378.3

378.1

372.2

Dayton, OH

493

566

601

539

578

181.6

210.0

225.1

199.4

213.8

Denver, CO

517

563

510

642

880

214.3

232.1

209.9

263.9

361.7

Des Moines, IA

141

170

182

172

180

83.3

100.0

105.7

98.6

103.1

Detroit, MI

3,736

3,935

4,312

4,194

4,873

719.6

761.5

722.1

706.8

821.3

El Paso, TX

82

79

129

78

113

24.7

23.2

38.3

23.3

33.7

Fort Worth, TX

583

745

1,537

1,425

1,433

90.9

113.7

229.7

208.5

209.7

Honolulu, HI

234

232

219

199

216

53.4

53.1

50.2

46.2

50.1

Houston, TX

3,363

3,524

3,937

3,193

2,928

217.0

224.1

247.8

198.1

181.6

Indianapolis, IN

1,627

1,511

1,539

1,443

1,687

419.2

389.6

397.7

374.3

437.6

Jacksonville, FL

1,223

1,080

1,564

1,734

2,041

348.3

304.3

439.7

486.8

573.0

Jersey City, NJ

195

169

260

262

254

185.2

160.0

244.7

248.5

240.9

Kansas City, MO

1,189

800

1,156

911

1,446

559.1

374.3

537.4

423.6

672.4

Los Angeles, CA

3,104

3,165

3,194

3,218

4,228

73.2

74.1

74.7

74.4

97.7

Louisville, KY

1,170

1,071

831

699

688

368.2

337.0

261.7

220.0

216.6

Memphis, TN

2,939

2,701

2,976

2,875

2,716

712.2

654.0

720.8

693.0

654.7

Miami, FL

1,269

1,181

1,518

1,618

1,245

129.6

120.1

147.9

156.2

120.2

Milwaukee, WI

1,696

1,596

1,994

2,098

2,084

388.1

368.9

460.8

489.6

486.4

Minneapolis, MN

808

693

756

777

852

433.7

371.9

427.6

437.5

479.7

Nashville, TN

1,254

1,205

1,059

1,049

1,388

494.4

474.4

418.2

417.2

552.0

New Orleans, LA

1,797

1,517

1,533

1,489

1,690

816.8

697.2

711.5

697.4

791.6

New York City, NY

6,210

6,491

5,306

5,797

5,573

179.6

187.4

152.1

165.8

159.3

Newark, NJ

1,712

1,119

987

935

866

1,264.0

829.2

732.8

696.4

645.0

Norfolk, VA

834

828

822

749

841

696.9

701.5

777.2

642.5

721.4

Oakland, CA

710

658

749

667

783

116.1

106.6

118.8

104.5

122.7

Oklahoma City, OK

976

479

732

630

595

461.1

225.3

374.1

319.8

302.1

Omaha, NE

406

355

376

454

531

191.7

166.4

175.7

210.8

246.6

Philadelphia, PA

3,028

2,997

3,333

3,596

3,910

442.6

444.6

500.6

547.6

595.4

Phoenix, AZ

1,663

1,798

2,128

2,152

1,870

128.7

134.8

154.8

152.2

132.2

Pittsburgh, PA

484

483

563

653

668

79.8

80.4

94.7

110.9

113.5

Portland, OR

292

275

281

290

378

121.9

114.2

115.3

118.6

154.6

Richmond, VA

919

815

775

870

968

1,059.8

933.3

886.4

1,018.3

1,133.0

Rochester, NY

1,019

908

961

990

1,040

874.0

780.3

828.5

856.4

899.6

Sacramento, CA

655

606

673

534

581

120.3

110.3

120.0

91.9

100.0

San Antonio, TX

641

796

846

974

1,110

100.6

123.1

129.8

147.1

167.6

San Diego, CA

859

805

883

896

1,066

63.6

58.6

63.5

63.1

75.0

San Francisco, CA

1,236

1,212

1,456

1,225

1,749

342.7

335.5

394.3

331.2

472.8

San Jose, CA

220

264

227

224

270

27.4

32.5

27.4

27.0

32.5

Seattle, WA

576

515

651

591

773

72.1

63.7

79.8

72.0

94.2

St Louis, MO

1,588

1,397

1,967

1,366

1,453

996.2

894.8

1,264.8

892.4

949.2

St Paul, MN

283

180

241

269

292

214.2

135.8

186.4

207.8

225.6

St Petersburg, FL

546

553

728

893

803

134.4

135.4

176.2

216.0

194.3

Tampa, FL

822

1,032

800

841

830

188.2

232.4

177.7

183.8

181.4

Toledo, OH

196

184

305

235

370

90.6

85.1

142.3

110.2

173.5

Tucson, AZ

235

290

228

236

334

62.4

75.7

59.0

60.1

85.0

Tulsa, OK

614

319

580

437

398

332.8

170.9

316.4

236.0

214.9

Washington, DC

2,591

2,637

2,604

2,014

1,430

1,026.0

1,062.5

1,062.7

828.7

588.4

Wichita, KS

284

293

223

319

317

133.7

136.1

101.8

144.3

143.4

Yonkers, NY

44

44

50

29

45

48.1

47.8

54.4

31.2

48.5

U.S. CITY TOTAL

79,177

81,020

86,659

84,814

87,512

235.4

239.5

253.9

246.8

254.7

San Juan, PR

241

150

142

106

165

61.4

38.2

28.3

21.0

32.7

TOTAL

79,418

81,170

86,801

84,920

87,677

233.4

237.1

250.7

243.6

251.5


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