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Table 16. Gonorrhea - Reported cases and rates in selected cities ranked by rates: United States, 2004

Rank*

City

Cases

Rate per 100,000 Population

1

 

St Louis, MO

2,440

734.4

 

2

 

Detroit, MI

6,763

722.3

 

3

 

Rochester, NY

1,578

637.5

 

4

 

Baltimore, MD

3,938

626.4

 

5

 

Kansas City, MO

2,782

611.1

 

6

 

Richmond, VA

1,132

581.3

 

7

 

New Orleans, LA

2,373

505.9

 

8

 

Washington, DC

2,568

455.0

 

9

 

Newark, NJ

1,300

430.7

 

10

 

Indianapolis, IN

3,350

388.1

 

11

 

Buffalo, NY

1,234

386.7

 

12

 

Memphis, TN

3,277

361.6

 

13

 

Norfolk, VA

870

359.9

 

14

 

Chicago, IL

10,935

356.0

 

15

 

Oklahoma City, OK

1,543

354.4

 

16

 

Philadelphia, PA

5,206

351.9

 

17

 

Milwaukee, WI

3,169

339.6

 

18

 

Atlanta, GA

2,765

337.9

 

19

 

Cincinnati, OH

2,739

332.6

 

20

 

Birmingham, AL

2,098

318.8

 

21

 

San Francisco, CA

2,142

285.0

 

22

 

Fort Worth, TX

1,637

283.0

 

23

 

Toledo, OH

1,283

282.5

 

24

 

Minneapolis, MN

1,053

273.1

 

25

 

Charlotte, NC

1,953

259.6

 

26

 

Dallas, TX

3,112

257.1

 

27

 

Jacksonville, FL

2,035

248.9

 

28

 

Dayton, OH

1,365

247.2

 

29

 

Cleveland, OH

3,264

239.3

 

30

 

Denver, CO

1,302

233.6

 

31

 

Columbus, OH

2,539

233.2

 

32

 

Tulsa, OK

930

233.0

 

33

 

Nashville, TN

1,221

214.3

 

34

 

Houston, TX

4,199

206.7

 

35

 

Louisville, KY

1,330

190.3

 

36

 

Austin, TX

1,189

175.6

 

37

 

Boston, MA

1,026

173.8

 

38

 

Omaha, NE

796

167.0

 

39

 

Corpus Christi, TX

458

164.2

 

40

 

San Antonio, TX

1,968

161.9

 

41

 

Akron, OH

855

156.4

 

42

 

Wichita, KS

691

149.3

 

43

 

St Petersburg, FL

1,382

149.2

 

44

 

Sacramento, CA

1,955

146.9

 

45

 

New York City, NY

11,018

136.3

 

46

 

Jersey City, NJ

326

135.9

 

47

 

Portland, OR

726

135.8

 

48

 

Pittsburgh, PA

1,529

121.2

 

49

 

Honolulu, HI

1,033

114.4

 

50

 

Oakland, CA

1,655

113.3

 

51

 

Tampa, FL

1,197

111.5

 

52

 

Albuquerque, NM

620

106.6

 

53

 

Los Angeles, CA

9,689

104.9

 

54

 

Phoenix, AZ

2,943

86.8

 

55

 

San Diego, CA

2,379

81.2

 

56

 

Miami, FL

1,891

80.8

 

57

 

Seattle, WA

1,265

71.8

 

58

 

Des Moines, IA

262

67.4

 

59

 

Yonkers, NY

134

66.3

 

60

 

San Jose, CA

1,038

61.8

 

61

 

St Paul, MN

141

50.0

 

62

 

Tucson, AZ

442

49.5

 

63

 

El Paso, TX

239

40.9

 

 

 

YEAR 2010 TARGET

 

19.0

 

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

Excludes cities in outlying areas (San Juan, PR, with 125 cases and rate of 12.2). See Appendix.

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