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Table 17. Gonorrhea - Reported cases and rates in selected cities listed in alphabetical order: United States and outlying areas, 2000-2004

City Cases Rates per 100,000 Population
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Akron, OH 913 962 937 807 855 168.0 176.5 171.5 147.6 156.4
Albuquerque, NM 697 647 805 636 620 125.0 115.0 140.3 109.4 106.6
Atlanta, GA 3,456 4,621 3,810 3,838 2,765 422.7 560.0 461.6 469.0 337.9
Austin, TX 1,518 1,536 1,401 1,215 1,189 239.8 235.2 208.4 179.4 175.6
Baltimore, MD 5,603 5,014 4,873 3,965 3,938 863.7 777.0 763.1 630.7 626.4
Birmingham, AL 3,018 2,600 2,489 1,970 2,098 455.8 393.0 376.5 299.3 318.8
Boston, MA 1,229 1,332 1,404 1,181 1,026 205.4 221.7 234.7 200.1 173.8
Buffalo, NY 1,572 2,194 1,653 1,413 1,234 488.4 683.7 516.0 442.8 386.7
Charlotte, NC 1,758 2,014 2,264 2,232 1,953 250.9 279.4 306.8 296.7 259.6
Chicago, IL 14,872 14,326 13,814 12,121 10,935 481.7 463.6 447.5 394.6 356.0
Cincinnati, OH 3,227 3,178 3,426 3,347 2,739 382.3 378.2 410.9 406.4 332.6
Cleveland, OH 3,497 3,854 4,115 3,967 3,264 251.2 278.2 298.4 290.9 239.3
Columbus, OH 3,386 3,349 2,844 2,558 2,539 315.9 309.7 261.7 234.9 233.2
Corpus Christi, TX 775 667 466 409 458 279.4 241.0 167.3 146.6 164.2
Dallas, TX 7,315 6,166 5,263 3,661 3,112 612.9 507.6 434.8 302.4 257.1
Dayton, OH 1,015 1,428 1,505 1,531 1,365 181.8 256.9 271.4 277.3 247.2
Denver, CO 1,594 1,618 1,812 1,308 1,302 286.4 287.3 323.3 234.6 233.6
Des Moines, IA 380 270 359 373 262 101.1 70.9 93.1 96.0 67.4
Detroit, MI 9,610 8,220 6,845 5,535 6,763 1,011.0 867.6 725.1 591.2 722.3
El Paso, TX 209 291 336 263 239 37.0 50.9 58.2 45.0 40.9
Fort Worth, TX 2,787 2,291 1,967 1,526 1,637 517.7 415.3 347.1 263.8 283.0
Honolulu, HI 433 557 685 1,136 1,033 49.4 63.0 76.4 125.8 114.4
Houston, TX 5,918 5,489 5,235 3,902 4,199 315.5 287.0 260.5 192.0 206.7
Indianapolis, IN 3,206 3,383 3,510 3,191 3,350 372.6 391.6 406.5 369.6 388.1
Jacksonville, FL 3,640 2,731 2,895 2,371 2,035 466.8 344.5 359.1 290.0 248.9
Jersey City, NJ 465 489 380 468 326 193.1 201.6 157.3 195.1 135.9
Kansas City, MO 2,688 2,161 2,625 2,549 2,782 594.1 475.9 575.7 560.0 611.1
Los Angeles, CA 7,307 7,747 7,765 8,174 9,689 81.8 85.5 84.6 88.5 104.9
Louisville, KY 1,200 1,436 1,361 1,439 1,330 172.9 206.3 195.0 205.9 190.3
Memphis, TN 4,941 4,420 4,074 3,286 3,277 550.0 490.9 449.8 362.6 361.6
Miami, FL 1,995 1,964 2,047 1,912 1,891 88.2 85.5 87.8 81.7 80.8
Milwaukee, WI 5,146 4,150 4,497 3,800 3,169 547.6 442.2 479.9 407.2 339.6
Minneapolis, MN 1,577 1,295 1,366 1,360 1,053 410.1 334.9 353.8 352.7 273.1
Nashville, TN 2,404 1,625 1,409 1,492 1,221 421.7 284.5 246.9 261.8 214.3
New Orleans, LA 3,015 3,160 2,685 2,899 2,373 623.4 660.5 566.8 618.1 505.9
New York City, NY 11,669 12,614 12,727 13,682 11,018 145.5 156.5 157.4 169.2 136.3
Newark, NJ 1,558 1,798 1,573 1,483 1,300 518.6 596.3 519.9 491.4 430.7
Norfolk, VA 1,490 1,450 1,463 1,061 870 635.5 615.9 612.0 438.9 359.9
Oakland, CA 1,793 2,039 1,949 1,617 1,655 123.6 138.2 132.4 110.7 113.3
Oklahoma City, OK 1,434 1,617 1,594 1,443 1,543 336.5 377.3 368.1 331.4 354.4
Omaha, NE 1,161 934 1,149 1,161 796 249.9 199.4 243.0 243.5 167.0
Philadelphia, PA 8,198 8,096 7,006 5,731 5,206 541.5 539.1 469.5 387.4 351.9
Phoenix, AZ 3,195 2,826 2,991 2,688 2,943 103.2 88.3 90.5 79.3 86.8
Pittsburgh, PA 1,494 1,916 2,133 1,729 1,529 116.7 150.4 168.0 137.1 121.2
Portland, OR 681 743 546 557 726 130.5 140.6 102.1 104.2 135.8
Richmond, VA 1,752 2,109 1,507 1,249 1,132 887.2 1,066.4 763.2 641.4 581.3
Rochester, NY 2,142 1,769 1,581 1,646 1,578 866.4 715.1 637.2 664.9 637.5
Sacramento, CA 1,295 1,171 1,442 1,744 1,955 105.2 92.4 110.5 131.1 146.9
San Antonio, TX 2,298 2,140 1,944 2,111 1,968 200.0 183.4 162.7 173.7 161.9
San Diego, CA 1,798 1,878 2,132 2,007 2,379 63.6 65.4 73.3 68.5 81.2
San Francisco, CA 2,161 2,053 2,136 1,809 2,142 278.2 264.6 279.6 240.7 285.0
San Jose, CA 446 547 502 726 1,038 26.4 32.3 29.8 43.3 61.8
Seattle, WA 1,221 1,556 1,462 1,351 1,265 70.2 88.7 83.1 76.7 71.8
St Louis, MO 2,879 3,185 2,737 2,545 2,440 829.8 929.2 808.9 766.1 734.4
St Paul, MN 703 560 584 565 141 246.7 196.0 205.4 200.3 50.0
St Petersburg, FL 1,542 1,391 1,527 1,312 1,382 167.2 150.4 164.8 141.7 149.2
Tampa, FL 1,653 1,517 1,912 1,643 1,197 164.8 147.7 181.4 153.1 111.5
Toledo, OH 864 1,187 1,519 993 1,283 189.9 261.2 334.9 218.6 282.5
Tucson, AZ 591 748 458 470 442 69.6 86.6 52.0 52.6 49.5
Tulsa, OK 892 1,014 1,123 1,059 930 226.0 255.4 280.8 265.3 233.0
Washington, DC 2,706 2,883 2,669 2,508 2,568 473.4 502.4 467.5 444.4 455.0
Wichita, KS 675 837 852 870 691 148.8 183.2 184.4 187.9 149.3
Yonkers, NY 109 143 160 237 134 54.8 71.3 79.4 117.2 66.3
U.S. CITY TOTAL 170,766 167,906 162,300 147,832 140,272 244.7 238.3 228.5 207.5 196.9
San Juan, PR 270 281 194 130 125 26.4 27.5 18.9 12.7 12.2
TOTAL 171,036 168,187 162,494 147,962 140,397 241.5 235.3 225.5 204.8 194.3

See Appendix (Reporting of City-specific Surveillance Data).

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