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Table 12. Gonorrhea — Reported cases and rates by state/area, ranked by rates: United States, 2004

Rank*

State/Area

Cases

 

Rate per 100,000 Population

1

Mississippi

7,163

 

248.6

  

2

Louisiana

10,538

 

234.4

  

3

South Carolina

9,171

 

221.1

  

4

Alabama

8,206

 

182.3

  

5

Georgia

15,783

 

181.7

  

6

North Carolina

15,194

 

180.7

  

7

Ohio

20,467

 

179.0

  

8

Michigan

17,376

 

172.4

  

9

Illinois

20,597

 

162.8

  

10

Missouri

9,218

 

161.6

  

11

Arkansas

4,137

 

151.8

  

12

Maryland

8,297

 

150.6

  

13

Tennessee

8,475

 

145.1

  

14

Nevada

3,078

 

137.3

  

15

Oklahoma

4,453

 

126.8

  

16

Virginia

8,565

 

116.0

  

 

U.S. TOTAL†

330,132

 

113.5

  

17

Indiana

6,851

 

110.6

  

18

Texas

24,371

 

110.2

  

19

Delaware

894

 

109.4

  

20

Florida

18,580

 

109.2

  

21

New York

18,737

 

97.6

  

22

Hawaii

1,193

 

94.9

  

23

Kansas

2,542

 

93.3

  

24

Wisconsin

5,053

 

92.3

  

25

Pennsylvania

11,236

 

90.9

  

26

Alaska

567

 

87.4

  

27

California

30,155

 

85.0

  

28

Connecticut

2,862

 

82.2

  

29

New Jersey

6,696

 

77.5

  

30

Rhode Island

816

 

75.8

  

31

Arizona

4,065

 

72.8

  

32

New Mexico

1,306

 

69.7

  

33

Colorado

3,054

 

67.1

  

34

Kentucky

2,758

 

67.0

  

35

Nebraska

1,147

 

65.9

  

36

Minnesota

2,957

 

58.4

  

37

West Virginia

892

 

49.3

  

38

Massachusetts

3,057

 

47.5

  

39

Washington

2,810

 

45.8

  

40

Iowa

1,249

 

42.4

  

41

South Dakota

304

 

39.8

  

42

Oregon

1,302

 

36.6

  

43

Utah

603

 

25.6

  

 

YEAR 2010 TARGET

 

 

19.0

  

44

North Dakota

110

 

17.4

  

45

Maine

210

 

16.1

  

46

Vermont

86

 

13.9

  

47

Wyoming

59

 

11.8

  

48

New Hampshire

133

 

10.3

  

49

Montana

88

 

9.6

  

50

Idaho

103

 

7.5

  

*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 114 cases and rate of 69.7, Puerto Rico with 267 cases and rate of 6.9, and Virgin Islands with 75 cases and rate of 68.9).

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