Table 12. Gonorrhea — Reported cases and rates by state/area, ranked by rates: United States, 2003
Rank* |
State/Area |
Cases |
Rate per 100,000 Population |
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1 |
Louisiana |
11,850 |
264.4 |
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2 |
Mississippi |
6,328 |
220.4 |
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3 |
Alabama |
9,303 |
207.4 |
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4 |
South Carolina |
8,518 |
207.4 |
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5 |
Georgia |
17,686 |
206.6 |
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6 |
Ohio |
22,537 |
197.3 |
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7 |
North Carolina |
15,116 |
181.7 |
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8 |
Illinois |
21,817 |
173.1 |
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9 |
Arkansas |
4,251 |
156.9 |
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10 |
Missouri |
8,792 |
155.0 |
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11 |
Maryland |
8,032 |
147.2 |
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12 |
Tennessee |
8,519 |
146.9 |
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13 |
Delaware |
1,128 |
139.7 |
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14 |
Michigan |
13,965 |
138.9 |
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15 |
Oklahoma |
4,552 |
130.3 |
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16 |
Virginia |
9,066 |
124.3 |
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U.S. TOTAL† |
335,104 |
116.2 |
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17 |
New York |
22,166 |
115.7 |
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18 |
Florida |
18,974 |
113.5 |
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19 |
Texas |
24,595 |
112.9 |
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20 |
Indiana |
6,681 |
108.5 |
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21 |
Wisconsin |
5,663 |
104.1 |
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22 |
Nevada |
2,221 |
102.2 |
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23 |
Hawaii |
1,263 |
101.5 |
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24 |
Kansas |
2,647 |
97.5 |
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25 |
Pennsylvania |
11,866 |
96.2 |
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26 |
Nebraska |
1,623 |
93.9 |
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27 |
New Jersey |
7,944 |
92.5 |
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28 |
Rhode Island |
973 |
91.0 |
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29 |
Connecticut |
3,114 |
90.0 |
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30 |
Alaska |
573 |
89.0 |
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31 |
Kentucky |
3,578 |
87.4 |
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32 |
California |
25,963 |
73.9 |
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33 |
Arizona |
3,580 |
65.6 |
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34 |
Minnesota |
3,202 |
63.8 |
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35 |
Colorado |
2,854 |
63.3 |
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36 |
New Mexico |
1,169 |
63.0 |
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37 |
Iowa |
1,554 |
52.9 |
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38 |
West Virginia |
847 |
47.0 |
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39 |
Washington |
2,753 |
45.4 |
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40 |
Massachusetts |
2,901 |
45.1 |
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41 |
South Dakota |
226 |
29.7 |
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42 |
Oregon |
1,000 |
28.4 |
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YEAR 2010 TARGET |
19.0 |
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43 |
Maine |
233 |
18.0 |
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44 |
Utah |
412 |
17.8 |
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45 |
North Dakota |
103 |
16.2 |
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46 |
Vermont |
97 |
15.7 |
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47 |
Montana |
122 |
13.4 |
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48 |
New Hampshire |
125 |
9.8 |
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49 |
Wyoming |
46 |
9.2 |
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50 |
Idaho |
68 |
5.1 |
*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 65 cases and rate of 40.4, Puerto Rico with 276 cases and rate of 7.2, and Virgin Islands with 91 cases and rate of 82.7).