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, 1994
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                                                  Rate per
                                                   100,000
         Rank       City                 Cases    Population
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          1     St Louis, MO            5,228      1330.2
          2     Richmond, VA            2,621      1280.7
          3     Baltimore, MD           9,099      1234.1
          4     Rochester, NY           2,876      1187.7
          5     Washington, DC          6,827      1137.1
          6     Norfolk, VA             2,519       979.8
          7     Memphis, TN             6,973       823.9
          8     New Orleans, LA         4,056       820.3
          9     Birmingham, AL          5,309       808.1
         10     Detroit, MI             8,637       801.9
         11     Charlotte, NC           4,137       770.0
         12     Kansas City, MO         2,997       680.8
         13     Indianapolis, IN        5,430       665.9
         14     Milwaukee, WI           6,284       650.7
         15     Nashville, TN           3,110       598.4
         16     Chicago, IL            16,868       569.5
         17     Buffalo, NY             1,768       538.1
         18     Philadelphia, PA        8,026       508.7
         19     Jacksonville, FL        3,555       506.2
         20     Minneapolis, MN         1,933       504.3
         21     Newark, NJ              1,464       499.2
         22     Toledo, OH              2,262       487.7
         23     Cleveland, OH           6,580       464.6
         24     Oklahoma City, OK       1,763       413.0
         25     Columbus, OH            4,009       404.6
         26     Louisville, KY          2,637       394.0
         27     Tulsa, OK               1,444       387.4
         28     Denver, CO              1,735       361.8
         29     Dayton, OH              1,925       332.0
         30     Cincinnati, OH          2,822       322.4
         31     Dallas, TX              6,170       321.1
         32     New York City, NY      19,491       264.0
         33     San Francisco, CA       1,959       263.8
         34     Wichita, KS             1,078       260.4
         35     Houston, TX             7,429       252.3
         36     Tampa, FL               2,181       251.9
         37     Omaha, NE               1,060       248.9
         38     Akron, OH               1,285       246.3
         39     St Paul, MN               656       233.9
                
                YEAR 2000 OBJECTIVE                 225.0 
         
         40     Fort Worth, TX          2,752       223.4
         41     Austin, TX              1,349       221.1
         42     Boston, MA              1,199       211.4
         43     St Petersburg, FL       1,787       203.6
         44     Pittsburgh, PA          2,602       195.0
         45     Albuquerque, NM           759       153.0
         46     Portland, OR              706       148.1
         47     Sacramento, CA          1,570       142.8
         48     Miami, FL               2,857       141.9
         49     San Antonio, TX         1,738       141.7
         50     Jersey City, NJ           298       135.8
         51     Des Moines, IA            431       128.1
         52     Phoenix, AZ             2,797       125.5
         53     Corpus Christi, TX        344       115.0
         54     San Diego, CA           2,837       108.9
         55     Los Angeles, CA         8,774       102.6
         56     Oakland, CA             1,185        98.6
         57     Honolulu, HI              675        78.1
         58     Seattle, WA             1,213        77.3
         59     Yonkers, NY               131        69.2
         60     Tucson, AZ                439        63.6
         61     San Jose, CA              735        48.0
         62     San Juan, PR              256        29.4
         63     El Paso, TX               171        27.4
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NOTE: Atlanta, GA has been excluded for 1994 (see Appendix).

SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control Prevention
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