Table_10

Table 10.  Gonorrhea - Reported cases and rates by state/area, ranked 
           according to rates: United States and outlying areas, 1993
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Rank    State/Area                Cases     Rate per 100,000 Population
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  1     Georgia                  31,483                466.4
  2     Mississippi              10,468                401.4
  3     Alabama                  15,793                383.3
  4     North Carolina           24,187                354.7
  5     Arkansas                  7,590                317.9
  6     Louisiana                13,323                311.3
  7     South Carolina           10,953                303.2
  8     Tennessee                14,285                285.6
  9     Maryland                 13,548                274.5
 10     Missouri                 13,148                253.1
 11     Illinois                 28,412                244.5
 12     Delaware                  1,586                229.6
               
        YEAR 2000 OBJECTIVE                            225.0
        
 13     Ohio                     22,286                202.7
 14     Michigan                 18,014                191.2
 15     Virginia                 12,022                188.4
 16     Florida                  23,899                175.8
               
        U.S.TOTAL(1)            439,673                172.4
        
 17     Texas                    30,123                170.8
 18     New York                 30,127                166.1
 19     Indiana                   8,656                153.3
 20     Pennsylvania             18,225                151.8
 21     Kansas                    3,771                150.2
 22     Oklahoma                  4,759                148.9
 23     Connecticut               4,658                140.7
 24     Nevada                    1,869                139.7
 25     Kentucky                  4,627                123.9
 26     Alaska                      678                115.8
 27     Colorado                  3,803                110.8
 28     Arizona                   4,176                108.8
 29     California               29,970                 96.8
 30     New Jersey                6,444                 82.4
 31     Virgin Islands               84                 75.8
 32     Hawaii                      864                 74.7
 33     Washington                3,740                 73.1
 34     Iowa                      1,915                 68.4
 35     Guam                         83                 67.0
 36     Wisconsin                 3,270                 65.5
 37     New Mexico                1,014                 64.7
 38     Minnesota                 2,543                 56.8
 39     Massachusetts             3,118                 51.8
 40     Nebraska                    714                 44.6
 41     Rhode Island                427                 42.2
 42     Oregon                    1,189                 40.1
 43     South Dakota                270                 38.2
 44     West Virginia               635                 35.2
 45     Utah                        350                 19.4
 46     Wyoming                      85                 18.4
 47     Idaho                       171                 16.2
 48     Puerto Rico                 527                 14.9
 49     Montana                      81                 10.0
 50     North Dakota                 54                  8.5
 51     New Hampshire                83                  7.4
 52     Maine                        80                  6.4
 53     Vermont                      25                  4.4
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(1) Includes cases reported by Washington, D.C.

SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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