Table_13

Table 13. Gonnorhea - Reported cases and rates by state/area, ranked 
          according to rates: United States and outlying areas, 1996
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                                           Rate per
                                           100,000
  Rank    State/Area             Cases    Population
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    1     South Carolina        11,661       317.5
    2     Alabama               13,169       309.6
    3     Georgia               19,806       275.1
    4     North Carolina        18,229       253.4
    5     Mississippi            6,742       250.0
    6     Maryland              11,592       229.9
    7     Tennessee             11,709       222.8
    8     Louisiana              9,315       214.5
    9     Arkansas               5,056       203.6
   10     Delaware               1,456       203.0
   11     Michigan              15,130       158.4
   12     Missouri               8,421       158.2
   13     Illinois              17,964       151.9
   14     Oklahoma               4,897       149.4
   15     Virginia               9,293       140.4
   16     Florida               19,181       135.4
   17     Ohio                  14,946       134.0
   
          U.S.TOTAL(1)         325,883       124.0
   
   18     Texas                 23,124       123.5
   19     Indiana                6,638       114.4
   20     New York              20,604       113.6
   21     New Jersey             8,721       109.8
   22     Kentucky               4,229       109.6
   23     Connecticut            3,388       103.5
          
          YEAR 2000 OBJECTIVE                100.0
   
   24     Pennsylvania          10,803        89.5
   25     Arizona                3,709        87.9
   26     Wisconsin              4,481        87.5
   27     Kansas                 2,044        79.7
   28     Alaska                   466        77.2
   29     Nebraska               1,164        71.1
   30     Nevada                 1,025        67.0
   31     California            18,652        59.0
   32     Minnesota              2,697        58.5
   33     New Mexico               890        52.8
   34     Rhode Island             486        49.1
   35     Hawaii                   497        41.9
   36     Iowa                   1,145        40.3
   37     West Virginia            736        40.3
   38     Guam                      56        39.7
   39     Washington             2,020        37.2
   40     Colorado               1,367        36.5
   41     Massachusetts          2,189        36.0
   42     Oregon                   887        28.2
   43     South Dakota             176        24.1
   44     Puerto Rico              648        17.4
   45     Utah                     277        14.2
   46     New Hampshire            153        13.3
   47     Virgin Islands            12        10.8
   48     Wyoming                   41         8.5
   49     Idaho                     98         8.4
   50     Vermont                   47         8.0
   51     North Dakota              37         5.8
   52     Maine                     55         4.4
   53     Montana                   38         4.4
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(1) Includes cases reported by Washington, D.C. but excludes
outlying areas (Guam, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands).
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