Table 15. Gonorrhea - Reported cases and rates in selected cities of >200,000 population: United States and
outlying areas, 1990 - 1994*
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Cases | Rates per 100,000 Population
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City 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 | 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
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Akron, OH 2,134 1,912 1,488 1,410 1,285 | 414.4 368.4 285.2 270.3 246.3
Albuquerque, NM 560 505 455 560 759 | 116.5 103.2 91.7 112.9 153.0
Atlanta, GA 20,336 15,014 10,591 5,002 NR | 3133.7 2281.1 1587.6 749.8 .
Austin, TX 1,904 1,666 1,312 1,271 1,349 | 330.3 280.0 215.0 208.3 221.1
Baltimore, MD 13,069 13,007 11,406 8,591 9,099 | 1775.6 1768.1 1547.0 1165.2 1234.1
Birmingham, AL 5,107 8,242 6,101 5,433 5,309 | 783.9 1259.3 928.7 827.0 808.1
Boston, MA 3,762 2,867 1,453 1,205 1,199 | 653.6 504.5 256.2 212.4 211.4
Buffalo, NY 2,701 2,989 2,519 1,945 1,768 | 822.6 909.1 766.7 592.0 538.1
Charlotte, NC 5,030 5,375 3,459 2,669 4,137 | 983.5 1022.0 643.8 496.7 770.0
Chicago, IL 24,390 21,605 18,454 19,123 16,868 | 832.3 733.4 623.1 645.7 569.5
Cincinnati, OH 6,874 8,253 5,143 4,355 2,822 | 793.6 947.8 587.6 497.6 322.4
Cleveland, OH 10,850 8,362 7,349 5,226 6,580 | 768.3 591.4 518.9 369.0 464.6
Columbus, OH 6,054 5,394 4,070 3,119 4,009 | 629.7 551.8 410.8 314.8 404.6
Corpus Christi, TX 506 516 426 362 344 | 173.8 174.3 142.4 121.0 115.0
Dallas, TX 9,564 11,247 7,771 6,820 6,170 | 516.2 595.4 404.4 354.9 321.1
Dayton, OH 2,975 2,786 2,072 1,518 1,925 | 518.5 483.2 357.4 261.8 332.0
Denver, CO 1,713 1,839 2,378 2,031 1,735 | 366.3 387.5 495.9 423.5 361.8
Des Moines, IA 807 597 392 482 431 | 246.7 179.5 116.5 143.3 128.1
Detroit, MI 15,809 12,647 10,924 9,275 8,637 | 1462.2 1173.3 1014.3 861.2 801.9
El Paso, TX 363 317 348 279 171 | 61.4 52.0 55.8 44.8 27.4
Fort Worth, TX 3,341 2,515 3,337 2,722 2,752 | 285.5 209.1 270.9 221.0 223.4
Honolulu, HI 578 794 657 834 675 | 69.1 93.4 76.0 96.5 78.1
Houston, TX 13,235 12,690 10,050 7,732 7,429 | 469.6 438.5 341.2 262.5 252.3
Indianapolis, IN 5,088 5,952 4,644 4,254 5,430 | 638.3 737.6 569.5 521.7 665.9
Jacksonville, FL 4,535 4,320 3,096 3,501 3,555 | 673.9 626.4 440.8 498.5 506.2
Jersey City, NJ 1,159 799 475 324 298 | 530.5 365.2 216.5 147.7 135.8
Kansas City, MO 5,398 4,195 4,150 3,160 2,997 | 1235.4 957.1 942.7 717.8 680.8
Los Angeles, CA 20,064 14,699 13,928 11,015 8,774 | 241.9 174.6 162.9 128.8 102.6
Louisville, KY 3,168 3,166 2,564 2,420 2,637 | 476.4 474.7 383.1 361.6 394.0
Memphis, TN 9,697 10,974 7,904 6,997 6,973 | 1173.5 1311.8 933.9 826.8 823.9
Miami, FL 6,091 4,975 3,813 3,204 2,857 | 314.4 251.5 189.4 159.2 141.9
Milwaukee, WI 6,912 5,517 2,638 3,487 6,284 | 720.5 574.1 273.2 361.1 650.7
Minneapolis, MN 2,677 1,820 1,840 1,481 1,933 | 712.3 479.9 480.1 386.4 504.3
Nashville, TN 2,928 2,932 2,348 2,388 3,110 | 573.2 569.8 451.8 459.5 598.4
New Orleans, LA 5,752 5,368 5,112 5,003 4,056 | 1157.5 1085.3 1033.8 1011.8 820.3
New York City, NY 35,836 29,209 21,813 19,240 19,491 | 489.4 397.9 295.4 260.6 264.0
Newark, NJ 4,075 2,234 1,451 1,354 1,464 | 1381.6 760.8 494.7 461.7 499.2
Norfolk, VA 3,335 3,391 3,085 2,503 2,519 | 1276.7 1316.8 1199.9 973.6 979.8
Oakland, CA 4,564 3,034 3,143 1,177 1,185 | 390.4 256.2 261.6 98.0 98.6
Oklahoma City, OK 2,443 2,212 2,147 1,859 1,763 | 582.9 522.4 502.9 435.5 413.0
Omaha, NE 1,486 1,045 1,348 566 1,060 | 356.8 247.7 316.5 132.9 248.9
Philadelphia, PA 19,553 15,429 12,205 10,580 8,026 | 1233.2 978.0 773.6 670.6 508.7
Phoenix, AZ 3,858 3,689 3,255 3,218 2,797 | 181.8 169.5 146.1 144.4 125.5
Pittsburgh, PA 4,510 4,396 4,171 3,730 2,602 | 337.5 329.1 312.6 279.5 195.0
Portland, OR 1,721 1,338 1,127 750 706 | 373.6 284.9 236.4 157.3 148.1
Richmond, VA 3,060 2,575 3,667 2,029 2,621 | 1507.0 1263.6 1791.8 991.4 1280.7
Rochester, NY 3,633 3,943 3,445 2,575 2,876 | 1514.4 1633.6 1422.7 1063.4 1187.7
Sacramento, CA 2,072 1,678 1,171 1,435 1,570 | 199.0 156.3 106.5 130.5 142.8
San Antonio, TX 1,550 1,902 1,774 1,759 1,738 | 130.8 157.6 144.6 143.4 141.7
San Diego, CA 3,871 4,297 2,317 3,264 2,837 | 155.0 168.3 88.9 125.2 108.9
San Francisco, CA 4,111 3,261 2,768 2,224 1,959 | 567.8 444.7 372.8 299.5 263.8
San Jose, CA 1,351 1,015 887 763 735 | 90.2 67.1 57.9 49.8 48.0
Seattle, WA 2,596 2,433 2,026 1,562 1,213 | 172.2 158.2 129.1 99.6 77.3
St Louis, MO 8,942 8,189 6,136 5,726 5,228 | 2254.2 2080.2 1561.2 1456.9 1330.2
St Paul, MN 988 606 615 493 656 | 356.8 217.8 219.2 175.8 233.9
St Petersburg, FL 2,478 2,195 1,777 1,280 1,787 | 291.0 253.8 202.4 145.8 203.6
Tampa, FL 4,226 2,952 2,537 2,395 2,181 | 506.7 347.6 293.0 276.6 251.9
Toledo, OH 2,543 1,782 1,511 1,556 2,262 | 550.0 385.3 325.8 335.5 487.7
Tucson, AZ 805 522 438 529 439 | 120.7 76.9 63.5 76.6 63.6
Tulsa, OK 1,458 1,703 1,886 1,359 1,444 | 402.3 461.8 506.0 364.6 387.4
Washington, DC 14,685 9,794 8,310 6,162 6,827 | 2419.7 1628.7 1384.1 1026.3 1137.1
Wichita, KS 1,623 1,460 1,388 1,279 1,078 | 402.1 356.4 335.3 309.0 260.4
Yonkers, NY 366 199 168 107 131 | 194.6 105.4 88.7 56.5 69.2
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U.S. CITY TOTAL 366,870 322,339 261,233 220,672 213,552 | 549.8 477.3 382.4 323.0 315.7
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San Juan, PR 627 363 197 292 256 | 78.9 41.6 22.6 33.5 29.4
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TOTAL 367,497 322,702 261,430 220,964 213,808 | 544.2 471.8 377.8 319.4 312.0
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*NR = No report (see Appendix).
SOURCE:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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