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Table 11. Gonorrhea —Reported cases and rates by state/area, ranked by rates: United States, 2005
Rank* | State/Area | Cases | Rate per 100,000 Population | ||
1 | Mississippi | 7,171 | 247.0 | ||
2 | Louisiana | 9,572 | 212.0 | ||
3 | Alabama | 9,406 | 207.6 | ||
4 | South Carolina | 8,561 | 203.9 | ||
5 | Ohio | 20,985 | 183.1 | ||
6 | Georgia | 15,860 | 179.6 | ||
7 | North Carolina | 15,072 | 176.5 | ||
8 | Michigan | 17,684 | 174.9 | ||
9 | Missouri | 9,455 | 164.3 | ||
10 | Arkansas | 4,476 | 162.6 | ||
11 | Illinois | 20,019 | 157.5 | ||
12 | Oklahoma | 5,228 | 148.4 | ||
13 | Tennessee | 8,605 | 145.8 | ||
14 | Indiana | 8,094 | 129.8 | ||
15 | Maryland | 7,035 | 126.6 | ||
16 | Nevada | 2,880 | 123.4 | ||
17 | Florida | 20,225 | 116.3 | ||
18 | Texas | 26,110 | 116.1 | ||
U.S. TOTAL† | 339,593 | 115.6 | |||
19 | Virginia | 8,346 | 111.9 | ||
20 | Delaware | 913 | 110.0 | ||
21 | Wisconsin | 5,869 | 106.5 | ||
22 | California | 34,338 | 95.7 | ||
23 | Kansas | 2,605 | 95.2 | ||
24 | New York | 17,717 | 92.1 | ||
25 | Alaska | 600 | 91.5 | ||
26 | Pennsylvania | 11,222 | 90.5 | ||
27 | Arizona | 4,951 | 86.2 | ||
28 | New Mexico | 1,552 | 81.5 | ||
29 | Hawaii | 1,024 | 81.1 | ||
30 | Connecticut | 2,750 | 78.5 | ||
31 | Kentucky | 2,935 | 70.8 | ||
32 | Colorado | 3,224 | 70.1 | ||
33 | Minnesota | 3,482 | 68.3 | ||
34 | Nebraska | 1,158 | 66.3 | ||
35 | New Jersey | 5,722 | 65.8 | ||
36 | Washington | 3,739 | 60.3 | ||
37 | Iowa | 1,606 | 54.4 | ||
38 | South Dakota | 351 | 45.5 | ||
39 | Oregon | 1,562 | 43.5 | ||
40 | West Virginia | 770 | 42.4 | ||
41 | Rhode Island | 438 | 40.5 | ||
42 | Massachusetts | 2,537 | 39.5 | ||
43 | Utah | 727 | 30.4 | ||
44 | North Dakota | 128 | 20.2 | ||
YEAR 2010 TARGET | 19.0 | ||||
45 | Wyoming | 87 | 17.2 | ||
46 | Montana | 158 | 17.0 | ||
47 | New Hampshire | 177 | 13.6 | ||
48 | Maine | 142 | 10.8 | ||
49 | Vermont | 60 | 9.7 | ||
50 | Idaho | 119 | 8.5 |
*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 106 cases and rate of 63.8, Puerto Rico with 328 cases and rate of 8.4, and Virgin Islands with 30 cases and rate of 27.6).