Table 15. Gonorrhea -- Reported cases and rates in selected cities of >200,000 population: United States and
outlying areas, 1991-1995 *
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Cases | Rates per 100,000 Population
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City 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 | 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
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Akron, OH 1,912 1,488 1,410 1,285 1,043 | 368.2 285.0 268.5 243.5 196.7
Albuquerque, NM 505 455 560 759 625 | 103.2 91.2 110.5 147.1 119.7
Atlanta, GA 15,014 10,591 5,002 . 7,330 | 2,289.8 1,593.7 739.0 . 1,046.1
Austin, TX 1,666 1,312 1,271 1,349 1,600 | 280.0 214.0 201.4 208.5 240.7
Baltimore, MD 13,007 11,406 8,591 9,099 6,928 | 1,776.0 1,573.0 1,201.5 1,294.8 1,002.4
Birmingham, AL 8,242 6,101 5,433 5,309 4,321 | 1,259.3 929.9 827.8 808.1 656.9
Boston, MA 2,867 1,453 1,205 1,199 917 | 509.5 262.3 217.9 217.9 165.0
Buffalo, NY 2,989 2,519 1,945 1,768 1,691 | 908.4 764.7 591.2 539.4 518.5
Charlotte, NC 5,375 3,459 2,669 4,137 2,146 | 1,018.7 645.4 486.4 734.1 370.3
Chicago, IL 21,605 18,454 19,123 16,868 12,586 | 735.8 626.0 647.9 571.7 426.9
Cincinnati, OH 8,253 5,143 4,355 2,822 2,590 | 949.5 590.6 499.8 325.1 299.8
Cleveland, OH 8,362 7,349 5,226 6,580 5,746 | 592.6 521.1 371.1 469.1 411.0
Columbus, OH 5,394 4,070 3,119 4,009 2,887 | 551.7 411.3 312.1 398.7 285.6
Corpus Christi, TX 516 426 362 344 373 | 174.0 141.6 118.3 110.6 119.3
Dallas, TX 11,247 7,771 6,820 6,170 8,027 | 594.6 406.6 353.7 317.5 409.7
Dayton, OH 2,786 2,072 1,518 1,925 1,603 | 484.1 359.2 263.4 336.2 281.0
Denver, CO 1,839 2,378 2,031 1,735 1,375 | 388.4 489.8 411.3 351.9 278.1
Des Moines, IA 597 392 482 431 362 | 179.5 116.0 140.7 124.6 103.6
Detroit, MI 12,647 10,924 9,275 8,637 8,553 | 1,175.9 1,019.9 871.3 817.4 812.7
El Paso, TX 317 348 279 171 159 | 51.7 55.4 43.1 25.6 23.4
Fort Worth, TX 2,515 3,337 2,722 2,752 2,442 | 208.9 273.5 220.4 218.6 191.0
Honolulu, HI 794 657 834 675 543 | 93.5 76.3 96.2 77.2 61.9
Houston, TX 12,690 10,050 7,732 7,429 6,984 | 437.3 339.1 257.3 244.0 227.0
Indianapolis, IN 5,952 4,644 4,254 5,430 4,709 | 738.4 572.3 522.4 664.5 576.0
Jacksonville, FL 4,320 3,096 3,501 3,555 2,476 | 626.6 442.2 499.7 508.0 352.9
Jersey City, NJ 799 475 324 298 223 | 366.0 217.4 148.5 136.8 102.6
Kansas City, MO 4,195 4,150 3,160 2,997 3,186 | 959.3 949.5 722.8 684.6 726.4
Los Angeles, CA 14,699 13,928 11,015 8,774 8,238 | 175.3 164.0 128.8 102.6 96.3
Louisville, KY 3,166 2,564 2,420 2,637 2,441 | 474.6 382.8 360.7 392.5 362.7
Memphis, TN 10,974 7,904 6,997 6,973 6,108 | 1,313.9 938.2 825.3 813.7 706.1
Miami, FL 4,975 3,813 3,204 2,857 2,338 | 251.6 190.1 160.2 141.3 115.1
Milwaukee, WI 5,517 2,638 3,487 6,284 4,160 | 576.6 276.9 368.3 670.0 446.7
Minneapolis, MN 1,820 1,840 1,481 1,933 1,689 | 481.7 485.8 389.1 505.6 440.5
Nashville, TN 2,932 2,348 2,388 3,110 2,622 | 572.2 454.1 457.5 589.7 494.0
New Orleans, LA 5,368 5,112 5,003 4,056 3,353 | 1,093.2 1,044.5 1,026.9 836.5 695.8
New York City, NY 29,209 21,813 19,240 19,491 16,499 | 399.7 298.5 262.6 266.2 225.6
Newark, NJ 2,234 1,451 1,354 1,464 2,222 | 762.4 495.8 463.7 505.1 772.8
Norfolk, VA 3,391 3,085 2,503 2,519 1,679 | 1,339.8 1,216.1 998.8 1,038.1 706.7
Oakland, CA 3,034 3,143 1,177 1,185 2,220 | 256.7 262.8 97.9 98.3 183.5
Oklahoma City, OK 2,212 2,147 1,859 1,763 2,028 | 523.8 502.6 430.7 404.3 464.0
Omaha, NE 1,045 1,348 566 1,060 880 | 247.7 316.6 132.2 246.3 202.7
Philadelphia, PA 15,429 12,205 10,580 8,026 6,565 | 985.0 787.2 688.1 527.6 438.0
Phoenix, AZ 3,689 3,255 3,218 2,797 3,149 | 170.2 147.1 141.9 119.1 129.5
Pittsburgh, PA 4,396 4,171 3,730 2,602 1,598 | 329.4 312.6 280.6 197.0 122.0
Portland, OR 1,338 1,127 750 706 543 | 284.8 237.4 156.1 146.5 112.1
Richmond, VA 2,575 3,667 2,029 2,621 2,371 | 1,280.6 1,831.5 1,016.5 1,322.9 1,195.8
Rochester, NY 3,943 3,445 2,575 2,876 2,210 | 1,632.3 1,415.0 1,053.7 1,180.1 909.5
Sacramento, CA 1,678 1,171 1,435 1,570 1,684 | 155.4 107.2 130.8 143.2 152.6
San Antonio, TX 1,902 1,774 1,759 1,738 1,914 | 157.5 143.9 139.9 136.2 147.6
San Diego, CA 4,297 2,317 3,264 2,837 1,775 | 168.1 89.1 125.0 107.8 67.1
San Francisco, CA 3,261 2,768 2,224 1,959 1,853 | 448.9 379.4 303.5 267.9 253.6
San Jose, CA 1,015 887 763 735 475 | 67.2 58.1 49.4 47.4 30.3
Seattle, WA 2,433 2,026 1,562 1,213 1,295 | 158.5 129.9 99.0 76.6 81.2
St Louis, MO 8,189 6,136 5,726 5,228 4,425 | 2,091.7 1,594.7 1,521.7 1,422.0 1,233.6
St Paul, MN 606 615 493 656 560 | 219.0 221.9 178.4 238.3 203.8
St Petersburg, FL 2,195 1,777 1,280 1,787 1,545 | 254.7 206.0 148.1 206.2 177.4
Tampa, FL 2,952 2,537 2,395 2,181 1,833 | 349.2 296.5 276.7 249.6 207.2
Toledo, OH 1,782 1,511 1,556 2,262 944 | 386.3 327.8 339.0 494.4 207.5
Tucson, AZ 522 438 529 439 359 | 77.2 63.3 74.5 60.0 47.7
Tulsa, OK 1,703 1,886 1,359 1,444 1,452 | 461.6 505.0 361.5 382.8 384.0
Washington, DC 9,794 8,310 6,162 6,827 5,687 | 1,648.0 1,418.6 1,065.9 1,204.0 1,026.1
Wichita, KS 1,460 1,388 1,279 1,078 713 | 356.8 334.0 305.6 257.2 170.0
Yonkers, NY 199 168 107 131 121 | 105.5 88.6 56.2 68.6 63.2
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U.S. CITY TOTAL 322,339 261,233 220,672 213,552 190,973 | 478.4 384.5 322.9 314.4 277.2
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San Juan, PR 363 197 292 256 349 | 41.6 22.6 33.5 29.4 40.0
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TOTAL 322,702 261,430 220,964 213,808 191,322 | 472.8 379.9 319.3 310.8 274.3
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* NR = No report (see Appendix).
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