Table_17

Table 17. Gonorrhea - Reported cases and rates in selected cities of >200,000 population,
          ranked according to rates: United States and outlying areas, 1996
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                                             Rate per
                                             100,000
   Rank    City                    Cases    Population
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     1     Newark, NJ              2,710       942.5
     2     Baltimore, MD           6,495       939.8
     3     Richmond, VA            1,737       876.0
     4     Rochester, NY           2,126       874.9
     5     St Louis, MO            2,890       805.7
     6     Washington, DC          4,432       799.6
     7     Atlanta, GA             5,211       743.7
     8     Detroit, MI             7,048       669.7
     9     New Orleans, LA         3,013       625.2
    10     Norfolk, VA             1,451       610.7
    11     Memphis, TN             5,242       606.0
    12     Kansas City, MO         2,401       547.4
    13     Birmingham, AL          3,239       492.4
    14     Oklahoma City, OK       1,986       454.3
    15     Philadelphia, PA        6,415       428.0
    16     Minneapolis, MN         1,548       403.7
    17     Buffalo, NY             1,284       393.7
    18     Indianapolis, IN        3,178       388.7
    19     Chicago, IL            11,383       386.1
    20     Nashville, TN           2,033       383.0
    21     Milwaukee, WI           3,528       378.8
    22     Tulsa, OK               1,284       339.6
    23     Jacksonville, FL        2,352       335.2
    24     Charlotte, NC           1,823       314.6
    25     Louisville, KY          2,059       306.0
    26     Dallas, TX              5,795       295.8
    27     Cleveland, OH           3,362       240.5
    28     San Francisco, CA       1,626       222.6
    29     St Paul, MN               597       217.2
    30     Austin, TX              1,363       205.0
    31     Houston, TX             5,999       195.0
    32     Tampa, FL               1,574       177.9
    33     New York City, NY      12,998       177.8
    34     Jersey City, NJ           371       170.7
    35     Dayton, OH                954       167.2
    36     Cincinnati, OH          1,442       166.9
    37     Boston, MA                821       147.7
    38     Columbus, OH            1,480       146.4
    39     Oakland, CA             1,715       141.8
    40     Omaha, NE                 612       141.0
    41     Wichita, KS               585       139.5
    42     St Petersburg, FL       1,165       133.8
    43     Denver, CO                656       132.7
    44     Sacramento, CA          1,404       127.2
    45     Akron, OH                 646       121.9
    46     Phoenix, AZ             2,906       119.5
    47     Corpus Christi, TX        367       117.4
    48     Portland, OR              564       116.4
    49     Miami, FL               2,317       114.1
    50     Albuquerque, NM           560       107.2
    51     Fort Worth, TX          1,331       104.1
    52     San Antonio, TX         1,349       104.0
           
           YEAR 2000 OBJECTIVE                 100.0
    
    53     Toledo, OH                419        92.1
    54     Des Moines, IA            310        88.7
    55     Pittsburgh, PA          1,058        80.8
    56     Tucson, AZ                518        68.8
    57     San Diego, CA           1,815        68.6
    58     Los Angeles, CA         5,716        66.8
    59     Seattle, WA               925        58.0
    60     Honolulu, HI              457        52.1
    61     Yonkers, NY                98        51.2
    62     San Juan, PR              343        39.3
    63     San Jose, CA              481        30.7
    64     El Paso, TX               157        23.1
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