STD Surveillance 2001

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Table 13. Gonorrhea — Reported cases and rates by state/area, ranked by rates: United States, 2001

Rank²	State/Area	Cases	Rate per 100,000 Population
1	Louisiana	12,253	274.2
2	Mississippi	7,759	272.8
3	South Carolina	10,805	269.3
4	Alabama	11,182	251.4
5	Georgia	18,920	231.1
6	Delaware	1,733	221.2
7	North Carolina	16,583	206.0
8	Illinois	24,025	193.4
9	Ohio	21,163	186.4
10	Tennessee	10,145	178.3
11	Maryland	9,427	178.0
12	Michigan	17,120	172.3
13	Arkansas	4,604	172.2
14	Virginia	11,095	156.7
15	Missouri	8,723	155.9
16	Texas	30,024	144.0
17	Oklahoma	4,784	138.6
18	Florida	21,531	134.7
	U.S. TOTAL¹	361,705	128.5
19	New York	22,299	117.5
20	Pennsylvania	14,244	116.0
21	Indiana	6,972	114.7
22	Wisconsin	6,011	112.1
23	New Jersey	8,921	106.0
24	Kansas	2,669	99.3
25	Kentucky	3,588	88.8
26	Nevada	1,756	87.9
27	Rhode Island	830	79.2
28	Arizona	3,920	76.4
29	Connecticut	2,546	74.8
30	Colorado	3,190	74.2
31	Alaska	457	72.9
32	Nebraska	1,189	69.5
33	California	23,296	68.8
34	New Mexico	1,040	57.2
35	Minnesota	2,701	54.9
36	Washington	2,991	50.7
37	Massachusetts	3,214	50.6
38	Hawaii	604	49.9
39	Iowa	1,418	48.5
40	West Virginia	732	40.5
41	South Dakota	289	38.3
42	Oregon	1,144	33.4
	YEAR 2010 OBJECTIVE		19.0
43	Wyoming	77	15.6
44	New Hampshire	176	14.2
45	Vermont	76	12.5
46	Montana	104	11.5
47	Maine	141	11.1
48	Utah	219	9.8
49	North Dakota	56	8.7
50	Idaho	76	5.9

¹Total includes cases reported by Washington, D.C., but excludes outlying areas (Guam with 48 cases and rate of 31.0, Puerto Rico with 589 cases and rate of 15.5, and Virgin Islands with 34 cases and rate of 31.3).

²States were ranked in descending order by rate, number of cases, and alphabetically by state.

Page last modified: November 15, 2002
Page last reviewed: November 15, 2002 Historical Document
Content Source: Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention