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Table 17. Gonorrhea — Reported cases and rates in selected cities of >200,000 population, ranked by rates: United States, 2002

Rank* City† Cases   Rate per 100,000 Population  
1   St Louis, MO 2,737   786.1  
2   Richmond, VA 1,507   761.9  
3   Baltimore, MD 4,873   748.4  
4   Detroit, MI 6,845   719.6  
5   Rochester, NY 1,581   639.9  
6   Norfolk, VA 1,463   624.1  
7   Kansas City, MO 2,625   580.9  
8   New Orleans, LA 2,685   554.0  
9   Newark, NJ 1,573   523.0  
10   Buffalo, NY 1,653   513.1  
11   Milwaukee, WI 4,497   478.3  
12   Atlanta, GA 3,810   466.9  
13   Washington, DC 2,669   466.6  
14   Philadelphia, PA 7,006   461.7  
15   Memphis, TN 4,074   453.9  
16   Chicago, IL 13,814   447.6  
17   Indianapolis, IN 3,510   407.9  
18   Cincinnati, OH 3,426   405.3  
19   Birmingham, AL 2,489   376.0  
20   Oklahoma City, OK 1,594   374.8  
21   Jacksonville, FL 2,895   371.7  
22   Minneapolis, MN 1,366   355.8  
23   Toledo, OH 1,519   333.8  
24   Denver, CO 1,812   326.7  
25   Charlotte, NC 2,264   325.5  
26   Cleveland, OH 4,115   295.2  
27   Tulsa, OK 1,123   284.8  
28   San Francisco, CA 2,136   275.0  
29   Dayton, OH 1,505   269.2  
30   Columbus, OH 2,844   266.0  
31   Omaha, NE 1,149   247.9  
32   Nashville, TN 1,409   247.2  
33   Dallas, TX 5,263   237.2  
34   Boston, MA 1,404   234.8  
35   St Paul, MN 584   205.2  
36   Louisville, KY 1,361   196.2  
37   Tampa, FL 1,912   191.4  
38   Wichita, KS 852   188.1  
39   Akron, OH 937   172.6  
40   Austin, TX 1,401   172.5  
41   Pittsburgh, PA 2,133   166.4  
42   St Petersburg, FL 1,527   165.7  
43   New York City, NY 12,727   158.9  
44   Jersey City, NJ 380   158.0  
45   Houston, TX 5,235   153.9  
46   Corpus Christi, TX 466   148.6  
47   Albuquerque, NM 805   144.6  
48   San Antonio, TX 1,944   139.6  
49   Fort Worth, TX 1,967   136.0  
50   Oakland, CA 1,949   135.0  
51   Sacramento, CA 1,442   117.9  
52   Portland, OR 546   104.8  
53   Phoenix, AZ 2,991   97.4  
54   Des Moines, IA 359   95.8  
55   Miami, FL 2,047   90.8  
56   Los Angeles, CA 7,765   87.1  
57   Seattle, WA 1,462   84.2  
58   Yonkers, NY 160   80.6  
59   Honolulu, HI 685   78.2  
60   San Diego, CA 2,132   75.8  
61   Tucson, AZ 458   54.3  
62   El Paso, TX 336   49.4  
63   San Jose, CA 502   29.8  
    YEAR 2010 OBJECTIVE     19.0  

*Cities were ranked in descending order by rate, number of cases, and alphabetically by state.

†Excludes outlying areas (San Juan, PR, with 194 cases and rate of 19.0).

 

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