Table_10

Table 10. Gonorrhea -- Reported cases and rates by state/area, ranked 
          according to rates: United States and outlying areas, 1995
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                                      Rate per
                                      100,000
Rank    State/Area          Cases    Population
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  1     Mississippi         9,511       352.6
  2     Alabama            14,683       345.2
  3     North Carolina     23,961       333.0
  4     South Carolina     12,120       329.9
  5     Delaware            2,201       306.9
  6     Georgia            21,025       292.0
  7     Tennessee          13,892       264.3
  8     Maryland           12,984       257.5
  9     Arkansas            5,630       226.7
 10     Louisiana           9,292       214.0
 11     Missouri           11,326       212.8
 12     Ohio               23,176       207.8
 13     Michigan           18,220       190.8
 14     Illinois           21,747       183.8
 15     Texas              30,801       164.5
 16     Virginia           10,340       156.2
 17     Oklahoma            5,077       154.9
 18     Indiana             8,880       153.0

        U.S.TOTAL(1)      392,848       149.5
 
 19     Florida            20,874       147.4
 20     New York           25,992       143.3
 21     Connecticut         4,055       123.8
 22     Kentucky            4,751       123.1
 23     Alaska                660       109.3
 24     Kansas              2,797       109.0
 25     Pennsylvania       13,038       108.0
 26     Wisconsin           5,524       107.8
        
        YEAR 2000 Objective*            100.0
 
 27     Arizona             3,844        91.1
 28     Nevada              1,237        80.8
 29     California         24,803        78.5
 30     Colorado            2,803        74.8
 31     New Jersey          5,783        72.8
 32     Nebraska            1,133        69.2
 33     Guam                   90        63.8
 34     New Mexico          1,054        62.5
 35     Minnesota           2,852        61.9
 36     Iowa                1,723        60.6
 37     Rhode Island          545        55.1
 38     Washington          2,765        50.9
 39     Hawaii                563        47.4
 40     West Virginia         860        47.0
 41     Massachusetts       2,658        43.8
 42     South Dakota          237        32.5
 43     Virgin Islands         31        28.0
 44     Oregon                854        27.2
 45     Puerto Rico           618        16.6
 46     Utah                  306        15.7
 47     Idaho                 149        12.8
 48     Vermont                69        11.8
 49     Wyoming                51        10.6
 50     New Hampshire         118        10.3
 51     Maine                  94         7.6
 52     Montana                65         7.5
 53     North Dakota           38         5.9
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(1) Includes cases reported by Washington, D.C.
* Revised from 225.0 to 100.0.
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