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Table 19. Gonorrhea — Men – Reported cases and rates in selected metropolitan statistical areas* (MSAs) listed in alphabetical order: United States, 2002–2006

Metropolitan Statistical Area Cases Rates per 100,000 Population
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 4,729 4,616 3,750 4,183 5,083 211.2 202.0 160.4 171.3 208.2
Austin-Round Rock, TX 841 811 768 870 1,310 122.7 115.4 106.5 117.4 176.8
Baltimore-Towson, MD 3,148 2,588 2,546 2,352 2,180 251.3 205.3 200.1 183.6 170.2
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 1,338 1,108 1,316 1,243 932 260.4 214.4 252.1 236.2 177.1
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 1,174 1,045 1,060 890 812 54.6 48.6 49.4 41.5 37.9
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Tonawanda, NY 1,057 835 750 847 913 189.3 149.9 135.2 153.4 165.3
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 1,682 1,638 1,583 1,726 1,804 242.7 231.5 218.1 230.4 240.8
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 9,719 8,265 7,122 6,900 7,267 213.7 180.6 154.5 148.8 156.7
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 1,759 1,804 1,375 1,616 1,373 177.1 180.8 136.9 159.7 135.7
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 2,762 2,683 2,236 2,329 2,366 268.4 261.5 218.0 228.2 231.8
Columbus, OH 1,493 1,380 1,509 1,531 1,537 182.9 167.4 180.6 181.6 182.3
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 3,899 3,742 3,560 4,276 4,230 142.4 133.7 124.7 146.5 144.9
Denver-Aurora, CO 1,532 1,045 1,088 1,151 1,209 134.1 90.5 92.9 97.0 101.9
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 4,098 3,365 4,449 4,657 3,890 187.8 154.1 203.2 212.7 177.7
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 532 416 400 473 467 93.9 72.8 69.7 82.1 81.1
Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX 3,144 2,672 2,707 2,194 3,504 126.4 105.3 104.5 83.1 132.7
Indianapolis, IN 1,798 1,680 1,808 1,972 2,106 233.1 214.7 227.1 244.8 261.4
Jacksonville, FL 1,665 1,373 1,114 1,338 1,448 289.6 233.8 185.9 219.1 237.1
Kansas City, MO-KS 1,910 1,804 1,805 1,734 1,723 206.7 193.3 191.0 181.1 180.0
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 909 1,036 1,436 1,322 1,354 117.4 129.1 171.0 152.0 155.6
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 5,174 5,364 6,084 6,985 6,505 81.9 84.4 95.0 109.1 101.6
Louisville, KY-IN 794 848 761 811 858 138.2 146.3 130.0 137.6 145.5
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 2,350 1,904 1,906 1,792 2,117 396.9 318.7 316.1 293.9 347.2
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 2,611 2,341 2,315 2,180 2,648 103.1 91.3 89.1 82.9 100.7
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 1,966 1,682 1,405 1,731 2,080 267.8 228.5 190.6 235.2 282.6
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 1,239 1,273 1,066 1,372 1,294 82.1 83.4 69.0 88.1 83.1
Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, TN 983 1,015 860 813 940 148.1 150.4 125.0 115.8 133.9
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 1,946 1,988 1,684 1,299 981 308.9 314.6 265.9 204.9 154.8
New York-Newark-Edison, NY-NJ-PA 9,736 9,769 8,063 7,744 7,929 108.9 108.9 89.4 85.6 87.7
Oklahoma City, OK 948 912 972 1,062 1,040 172.1 163.7 172.1 186.1 182.3
Orlando, FL 1,290 1,126 1,222 1,562 1,704 149.2 126.5 132.8 163.4 178.3
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 4,799 3,907 3,629 3,500 3,904 173.4 140.5 129.7 124.5 138.9
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ NA 1,539 1,787 1,676 2,242 NA 85.0 95.4 85.9 114.9
Pittsburgh, PA 1,018 841 736 941 883 88.0 72.8 63.9 82.2 77.2
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 503 527 682 842 692 50.2 51.9 66.3 80.6 66.2
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 482 532 441 285 318 62.1 68.0 56.1 36.4 40.6
Richmond, VA 1,173 1,054 971 1,105 954 215.5 191.3 173.4 193.4 167.0
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1,116 1,221 1,308 1,440 1,390 63.4 67.1 68.9 73.5 71.0
Rochester, NY 892 915 981 893 709 175.9 180.8 193.4 176.3 140.0
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, CA 698 897 1,002 1,123 1,046 73.6 92.4 101.1 111.8 104.2
Salt Lake City, UT 174 185 228 277 377 34.6 36.4 44.2 52.9 72.0
San Antonio, TX 995 1,181 1,073 1,145 1,289 113.9 132.5 118.2 123.7 139.3
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 1,336 1,256 1,417 1,500 1,531 91.4 85.1 96.1 101.3 103.4
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 3,184 2,797 3,367 3,644 3,882 154.2 135.9 163.7 177.2 188.8
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 310 408 617 597 570 35.2 46.3 69.7 66.8 63.8
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1,435 1,295 1,166 1,644 1,779 92.2 82.6 73.8 102.7 111.1
St. Louis, MO-IL 2,623 2,563 2,506 2,753 2,829 199.4 194.1 187.6 204.9 210.6
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 1,912 1,662 1,327 1,368 1,602 158.8 135.5 105.7 106.3 124.5
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 2,525 2,077 1,816 1,636 1,237 317.3 257.0 223.7 201.4 152.3
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 3,200 2,724 2,822 2,220 2,291 130.7 109.7 112.4 87.1 89.9
U.S. MSA TOTAL 106,601 99,709 96,596 99,544 103,129 143.8 130.1 124.6 127.0 131.6

*Data are presented for 50 MSAs with the largest population based on 2000 U.S. census. NA = Not available. STD morbidity reporting methods do not allow MSA-specific case counts and rates to be determined for some jurisdictions for some years.

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