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Table 3. Chlamydia — Reported cases and rates by state/area, ranked by rates: United States, 2002

Rank* State/Area Cases   Rate per 100,000 Population  
1 Alaska 3,806   607.1  
2 Georgia 33,998   415.3  
3 Mississippi 11,800   414.8  
4 Louisiana 18,442   412.7  
5 New Mexico 7,417   407.7  
6 Illinois 48,101   387.3  
7 Hawaii 4,521   373.2  
8 South Carolina 14,314   356.8  
9 Alabama 15,611   351.0  
10 Delaware 2,649   338.1  
11 Ohio 38,032   335.0  
12 Texas 69,521   333.4  
13 Colorado 14,028   326.1  
14 California 110,288   325.6  
15 Michigan 32,272   324.7  
16 Maryland 16,891   318.9  
17 Wisconsin 17,000   316.9  
18 Oklahoma 10,804   313.1  
19 North Carolina 24,726   307.2  
20 Nevada 5,936   297.1  
  U.S. TOTAL 834,555   296.5  
21 South Dakota 2,215   293.4  
22 Arizona 14,973   291.8  
23 Missouri 16,181   289.2  
24 Connecticut 9,808   288.0  
25 Tennessee 16,042   282.0  
26 Indiana 17,100   281.2  
27 Nebraska 4,779   279.3  
28 Montana 2,475   274.3  
29 Arkansas 7,312   273.5  
30 Rhode Island 2,832   270.1  
31 New York 51,123   269.4  
32 Florida 42,058   263.2  
33 Virginia 18,518   261.6  
34 Pennsylvania 31,791   258.9  
35 Washington 14,934   253.4  
36 Kansas 6,784   252.3  
37 Kentucky 8,756   216.6  
38 Iowa 6,195   211.7  
39 Minnesota 10,107   205.4  
40 Oregon 7,009   204.9  
41 North Dakota 1,256   195.6  
42 Idaho 2,503   193.4  
43 Wyoming 944   191.2  
44 Massachusetts 10,914   171.9  
45 New Jersey 14,164   168.3  
46 Utah 3,540   158.5  
47 Vermont 954   156.7  
48 Maine 1,805   141.6  
49 West Virginia 2,464   136.3  
50 New Hampshire 1,557   126.0  

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

Total includes cases reported by Washington, D.C., but excludes outlying areas (Guam with 550 cases and rate of 355.3, Puerto Rico with 2,999 cases and rate of 78.7, and Virgin Islands with 207 cases and rate of 190.6).


Page last modified: November 20, 2003
Page last reviewed: November 20, 2003 Historical Document

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