Table_14

Table 14. Gonorrhea -- Reported cases and rates in selected cities of 
          >200,000 population, ranked according to rates: United States 
          and outlying areas, 1995
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                                          Rate per
                                          100,000
Rank    City                    Cases    Population
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  1     St Louis, MO            4,425     1,233.6
  2     Richmond, VA            2,371     1,195.8
  3     Atlanta, GA             7,330     1,046.1
  4     Washington, DC          5,687     1,026.1
  5     Baltimore, MD           6,928     1,002.4
  6     Rochester, NY           2,210       909.5
  7     Detroit, MI             8,553       812.7
  8     Newark, NJ              2,222       772.8
  9     Kansas City, MO         3,186       726.4
 10     Norfolk, VA             1,679       706.7
 11     Memphis, TN             6,108       706.1
 12     New Orleans, LA         3,353       695.8
 13     Birmingham, AL          4,321       656.9
 14     Indianapolis, IN        4,709       576.0
 15     Buffalo, NY             1,691       518.5
 16     Nashville, TN           2,622       494.0
 17     Oklahoma City, OK       2,028       464.0
 18     Milwaukee, WI           4,160       446.7
 19     Minneapolis, MN         1,689       440.5
 20     Philadelphia, PA        6,565       438.0
 21     Chicago, IL            12,586       426.9
 22     Cleveland, OH           5,746       411.0
 23     Dallas, TX              8,027       409.7
 24     Tulsa, OK               1,452       384.0
 25     Charlotte, NC           2,146       370.3
 26     Louisville, KY          2,441       362.7
 27     Jacksonville, FL        2,476       352.9
 28     Cincinnati, OH          2,590       299.8
 29     Columbus, OH            2,887       285.6
 30     Dayton, OH              1,603       281.0
 31     Denver, CO              1,375       278.1
 32     San Francisco, CA       1,853       253.6
 33     Austin, TX              1,600       240.7
 34     Houston, TX             6,984       227.0
 35     New York City, NY      16,499       225.6
 36     Toledo, OH                944       207.5
 37     Tampa, FL               1,833       207.2
 38     St Paul, MN               560       203.8
 39     Omaha, NE                 880       202.7
 40     Akron, OH               1,043       196.7
 41     Fort Worth, TX          2,442       191.0
 42     Oakland, CA             2,220       183.5
 43     St Petersburg, FL       1,545       177.4
 44     Wichita, KS               713       170.0
 45     Boston, MA                917       165.0
 46     Sacramento, CA          1,684       152.6
 47     San Antonio, TX         1,914       147.6
 48     Phoenix, AZ             3,149       129.5
 49     Pittsburgh, PA          1,598       122.0
 50     Albuquerque, NM           625       119.7
 51     Corpus Christi, TX        373       119.3
 52     Miami, FL               2,338       115.1
 53     Portland, OR              543       112.1
 54     Des Moines, IA            362       103.6
 55     Jersey City, NJ           223       102.6

        YEAR 2000 OBJECTIVE*                100.0
   
 56     Los Angeles, CA         8,238        96.3
 57     Seattle, WA             1,295        81.2
 58     San Diego, CA           1,775        67.1
 59     Yonkers, NY               121        63.2
 60     Honolulu, HI              543        61.9
 61     Tucson, AZ                359        47.7
 62     San Juan, PR              349        40.0
 63     San Jose, CA              475        30.3
 64     El Paso, TX               159        23.4
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* Revised from 225.0 to 100.0.
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