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Table 17. Gonorrhea — 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 | 8,731 | 8,825 | 7,355 | 7,838 | 10,223 | 192.8 | 191.4 | 156.2 | 159.4 | 207.9 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 1,656 | 1,458 | 1,472 | 1,706 | 2,446 | 122.7 | 105.8 | 104.2 | 117.5 | 168.4 |
| Baltimore-Towson, MD | 6,213 | 5,382 | 5,256 | 4,779 | 4,653 | 238.8 | 205.7 | 199.2 | 180.0 | 175.2 |
| Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 2,693 | 2,212 | 2,377 | 2,381 | 2,444 | 252.1 | 206.2 | 219.6 | 218.4 | 224.2 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 2,191 | 1,818 | 1,998 | 1,684 | 1,542 | 49.3 | 40.9 | 45.2 | 38.2 | 35.0 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Tonawanda, NY | 2,224 | 1,809 | 1,670 | 1,926 | 2,068 | 191.2 | 156.0 | 144.7 | 167.8 | 180.2 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 3,146 | 3,130 | 2,998 | 3,330 | 3,388 | 223.1 | 217.8 | 203.3 | 218.9 | 222.7 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 19,312 | 17,080 | 15,684 | 14,857 | 15,127 | 208.0 | 183.0 | 167.0 | 157.3 | 160.2 |
| Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 4,065 | 4,206 | 3,455 | 3,927 | 3,862 | 199.2 | 205.4 | 167.9 | 189.7 | 186.5 |
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 5,489 | 5,338 | 4,472 | 4,641 | 4,663 | 255.6 | 249.5 | 209.3 | 218.3 | 219.3 |
| Columbus, OH | 3,268 | 2,963 | 3,004 | 3,445 | 3,303 | 196.9 | 176.9 | 177.3 | 201.6 | 193.3 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 7,896 | 7,570 | 7,119 | 8,416 | 8,365 | 144.0 | 135.4 | 124.9 | 144.6 | 143.7 |
| Denver-Aurora, CO | 2,783 | 2,136 | 2,232 | 2,147 | 2,253 | 122.0 | 92.8 | 95.8 | 91.0 | 95.5 |
| Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | 8,622 | 7,173 | 9,299 | 10,766 | 8,535 | 192.3 | 160.0 | 207.0 | 239.9 | 190.2 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 1,281 | 1,030 | 933 | 993 | 988 | 109.7 | 87.4 | 78.8 | 83.6 | 83.1 |
| Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX | 6,337 | 5,191 | 5,525 | 5,213 | 7,318 | 127.1 | 102.3 | 106.7 | 98.7 | 138.6 |
| Indianapolis, IN | 3,660 | 3,349 | 3,510 | 4,142 | 4,410 | 232.4 | 209.9 | 216.5 | 252.5 | 268.8 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 3,078 | 2,574 | 2,197 | 2,578 | 2,954 | 261.4 | 214.0 | 179.3 | 206.5 | 236.6 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 3,827 | 3,694 | 3,832 | 3,769 | 3,822 | 202.6 | 193.9 | 199.0 | 193.5 | 196.2 |
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 1,757 | 1,968 | 2,645 | 2,487 | 2,478 | 115.4 | 124.8 | 160.2 | 145.4 | 144.9 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 9,073 | 9,753 | 11,103 | 12,697 | 12,210 | 71.2 | 76.0 | 85.9 | 98.2 | 94.5 |
| Louisville, KY-IN | 1,517 | 1,617 | 1,484 | 1,551 | 1,749 | 128.3 | 135.9 | 123.6 | 128.3 | 144.7 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 4,623 | 3,764 | 3,832 | 3,782 | 4,665 | 375.7 | 303.7 | 306.5 | 299.9 | 370.0 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL | 4,816 | 4,455 | 4,622 | 4,497 | 5,356 | 92.0 | 84.2 | 86.2 | 82.9 | 98.8 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 4,687 | 3,998 | 3,311 | 4,031 | 5,006 | 309.9 | 264.0 | 218.4 | 266.4 | 330.9 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 2,738 | 2,781 | 2,439 | 2,920 | 2,780 | 89.6 | 90.2 | 78.3 | 92.9 | 88.5 |
| Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, TN | 1,764 | 1,888 | 1,602 | 1,474 | 1,734 | 130.4 | 137.7 | 114.8 | 103.6 | 121.9 |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 3,679 | 3,956 | 3,316 | 2,609 | 1,962 | 279.7 | 300.3 | 251.3 | 197.7 | 148.7 |
| New York-Newark-Edison, NY-NJ-PA | 19,507 | 20,480 | 16,915 | 15,533 | 14,949 | 104.9 | 109.9 | 90.4 | 82.9 | 79.7 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 2,090 | 2,050 | 2,153 | 2,548 | 2,315 | 186.4 | 181.0 | 188.1 | 220.3 | 200.1 |
| Orlando, FL | 2,502 | 2,165 | 2,285 | 2,848 | 3,393 | 142.8 | 120.1 | 122.7 | 147.3 | 175.5 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 10,087 | 8,502 | 7,818 | 7,719 | 8,163 | 175.4 | 147.3 | 134.8 | 132.6 | 140.2 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | NA | 2,795 | 3,161 | 3,133 | 4,260 | NA | 77.8 | 85.1 | 81.1 | 110.2 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 2,472 | 2,035 | 1,799 | 2,157 | 2,057 | 102.2 | 84.4 | 74.9 | 90.4 | 86.2 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 818 | 858 | 1,173 | 1,393 | 1,128 | 40.6 | 42.1 | 56.8 | 66.5 | 53.8 |
| Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA | 1,052 | 1,136 | 1,048 | 650 | 693 | 65.2 | 70.0 | 64.3 | 40.1 | 42.7 |
| Richmond, VA | 2,746 | 2,319 | 2,160 | 2,361 | 1,778 | 243.8 | 203.7 | 187.1 | 200.8 | 151.2 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 2,245 | 2,512 | 2,631 | 3,012 | 2,994 | 63.9 | 69.0 | 69.4 | 77.0 | 76.6 |
| Rochester, NY | 1,821 | 1,897 | 1,900 | 1,899 | 1,457 | 174.6 | 182.2 | 182.4 | 182.8 | 140.2 |
| Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, CA | 1,514 | 1,859 | 2,066 | 2,450 | 2,235 | 78.4 | 94.1 | 102.4 | 120.0 | 109.4 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 261 | 276 | 371 | 460 | 623 | 26.2 | 27.5 | 36.4 | 44.5 | 60.2 |
| San Antonio, TX | 2,078 | 2,333 | 2,183 | 2,300 | 2,701 | 116.3 | 128.1 | 117.7 | 121.7 | 142.9 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 2,132 | 2,007 | 2,379 | 2,695 | 2,767 | 73.3 | 68.5 | 81.1 | 91.9 | 94.3 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 5,070 | 4,394 | 4,967 | 5,713 | 6,029 | 121.3 | 105.7 | 119.6 | 137.6 | 145.2 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 516 | 740 | 1,084 | 1,055 | 1,065 | 29.7 | 42.7 | 62.2 | 60.1 | 60.7 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 2,288 | 2,027 | 1,883 | 2,704 | 3,079 | 73.2 | 64.5 | 59.5 | 84.4 | 96.1 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 5,797 | 5,600 | 5,719 | 6,391 | 6,547 | 212.4 | 204.7 | 206.9 | 230.0 | 235.6 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 3,679 | 3,160 | 2,801 | 2,910 | 3,667 | 147.7 | 124.8 | 108.2 | 109.9 | 138.5 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 4,812 | 4,201 | 3,812 | 3,355 | 2,544 | 298.3 | 256.6 | 231.8 | 203.7 | 154.4 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 5,977 | 5,262 | 5,803 | 4,497 | 4,358 | 118.9 | 103.4 | 112.9 | 86.2 | 83.6 |
| U.S. MSA TOTAL | 210,590 | 199,726 | 194,853 | 202,369 | 209,106 | 139.1 | 127.8 | 123.4 | 126.9 | 131.1 |
*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.