Table_10

Table 10.  Gonorrhea - Reported cases and rates by state/area, ranked 
           according to rates: United States and outlying areas, 1994
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        Rank    State/Area         Cases    Rate per 100,000 Population
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         1     Mississippi        11,455                439.3
         2     North Carolina     28,936                424.3
         3     Alabama            15,881                385.4
         4     South Carolina     13,067                361.8
         5     Tennessee          15,745                314.8
         6     Maryland           15,137                306.7
         7     Delaware            2,038                295.0
         8     Arkansas            6,892                288.7
         9     Louisiana          11,992                280.2
        10     Missouri           12,557                241.7
        11     Illinois           26,571                228.6
        12     Ohio               24,746                225.1

               YEAR 2000 OBJECTIVE                      225.0     

        13     Virginia           13,414                210.2
        14     Michigan           18,215                193.3
        15     Florida            24,367                179.3
        16     Indiana             9,757                172.8
        17     New York           30,997                170.9
        18     Texas              29,757                168.7

               U.S.TOTAL(1)      418,068                168.4

        19     Alaska                918                156.8
        20     Wisconsin           7,776                155.8
        21     Oklahoma            4,888                152.9
        22     Kansas              3,673                146.3
        23     Connecticut         4,767                144.0
        24     Kentucky            5,127                137.3
        25     Nevada              1,736                129.7
        26     Pennsylvania       13,184                109.8
        27     Colorado            3,632                105.8
        28     Arizona             3,603                 93.8
        29     California         27,593                 89.1
        30     Guam                  110                 88.8
        31     Nebraska            1,335                 83.4
        32     Minnesota           3,346                 74.7
        33     New Mexico          1,130                 72.1
        34     New Jersey          5,269                 67.4
        35     Hawaii                700                 60.5
        36     Iowa                1,645                 58.8
        37     Washington          2,893                 56.5
        38     Virgin Islands         60                 54.2
        39     Massachusetts       3,159                 52.5
        40     Rhode Island          478                 47.3
        41     West Virginia         805                 44.6
        42     South Dakota          243                 34.4
        43     Oregon                978                 33.0
        44     Wyoming                82                 17.7
        45     Utah                  303                 16.8
        46     Puerto Rico           500                 14.2
        47     Montana                85                 10.5
        48     Idaho                  98                  9.3
        49     New Hampshire         103                  9.2
        50     Maine                  93                  7.5
        51     Vermont                40                  7.0
        52     North Dakota           35                  5.5
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(1)Includes cases reported by Washington, D.C.

NOTE: Georgia has been excluded for 1994 (see Appendix).

SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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