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, 1993
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                                           Rate per
                                           100,000
 Rank       City                 Cases    Population
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   1     St Louis, MO            5,726      1456.9
   2     Baltimore, MD           8,591      1165.2
   3     Washington, DC          6,162      1026.3
   4     New Orleans, LA         5,003      1011.8
   5     Rochester, NY           2,420       999.4
   6     Richmond, VA            2,029       991.4
   7     Norfolk, VA             2,503       973.6
   8     Detroit, MI             9,275       861.2
   9     Birmingham, AL          5,433       827.0
  10     Memphis, TN             6,997       826.8
  11     Atlanta, GA             5,002       749.8
  12     Kansas City, MO         3,160       717.8
  13     Philadelphia, PA       10,580       670.6
  14     Chicago, IL            19,123       645.7
  15     Buffalo, NY             1,851       563.4
  16     Indianapolis, IN        4,254       521.7
  17     Jacksonville, FL        3,501       498.5
  18     Cincinnati, OH          4,355       497.6
  19     Charlotte, NC           2,669       496.7
  20     Newark, NJ              1,354       461.7
  21     Nashville, TN           2,388       459.5
  22     Oklahoma City, OK       1,859       435.5
  23     Denver, CO              2,031       423.5
  24     Minneapolis, MN         1,481       386.4
  25     Cleveland, OH           5,226       369.0
  26     Tulsa, OK               1,359       364.6
  27     Louisville, KY          2,420       361.6
  28     Milwaukee, WI           3,487       361.1
  29     Dallas, TX              6,820       354.9
  30     Toledo, OH              1,556       335.5
  31     Columbus, OH            3,119       314.8
  32     Wichita, KS             1,279       309.0
  33     San Francisco, CA       2,224       299.5
  34     Pittsburgh, PA          3,730       279.5
  35     Tampa, FL               2,395       276.6
  36     Akron, OH               1,410       270.3
  37     Houston, TX             7,732       262.5
  38     Dayton, OH              1,518       261.8
  39     New York City, NY      19,240       260.6
         YEAR 2000 OBJECTIVE                 225.0
  40     Fort Worth, TX          2,722       221.0
  41     Boston, MA              1,205       212.4
  42     Austin, TX              1,271       208.3
  43     St Paul, MN               493       175.8
  44     Miami, FL               3,204       159.2
  45     Portland, OR              750       157.3
  46     Jersey City, NJ           324       147.7
  47     St Petersburg, FL       1,280       145.8
  48     Phoenix, AZ             3,218       144.4
  49     San Antonio, TX         1,759       143.4
  50     Des Moines, IA            482       143.3
  51     Omaha, NE                 566       132.9
  52     Sacramento, CA          1,435       130.5
  53     Los Angeles, CA        11,015       128.8
  54     San Diego, CA           3,264       125.2
  55     Corpus Christi, TX        362       121.0
  56     Albuquerque, NM           560       112.9
  57     Seattle, WA             1,562        99.6
  58     Oakland, CA             1,177        98.0
  59     Honolulu, HI              834        96.5
  60     Tucson, AZ                529        76.6
  61     San Jose, CA              763        49.8
  62     El Paso, TX               279        44.8
  63     Yonkers, NY                81        42.8
  64     San Juan, PR              292        33.5
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SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control Prevention
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