Table 12. Gonorrhea – Reported Cases and Rates by State, Ranked by Rates, United States, 2009
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| Rank* | State | Cases | Rate per 100,000 Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mississippi | 7,241 | 246.4 |
| 2 | Louisiana | 8,996 | 204.0 |
| 3 | South Carolina | 8,318 | 185.7 |
| 4 | Alabama | 7,498 | 160.8 |
| 5 | Arkansas | 4,460 | 156.2 |
| 6 | Illinois | 19,962 | 154.7 |
| 7 | North Carolina | 13,870 | 150.4 |
| 8 | Michigan | 14,704 | 147.0 |
| 9 | Alaska | 990 | 144.3 |
| 10 | Georgia | 13,687 | 141.3 |
| 11 | Ohio | 15,988 | 139.2 |
| 12 | Oklahoma | 4,673 | 128.3 |
| 13 | Tennessee | 7,926 | 127.5 |
| 14 | Texas | 29,295 | 120.4 |
| 15 | Florida | 20,878 | 113.9 |
| 16 | Maryland | 6,395 | 113.5 |
| 17 | Delaware | 971 | 111.2 |
| 18 | Missouri | 6,488 | 109.8 |
| 19 | Indiana | 6,835 | 107.2 |
| 20 | Virginia | 7,789 | 100.3 |
| U.S. TOTAL† | 301,174 | 99.1 | |
| 21 | Wisconsin | 5,201 | 92.4 |
| 22 | Kentucky | 3,827 | 89.6 |
| 23 | Kansas | 2,505 | 89.4 |
| 24 | New York | 17,004 | 87.2 |
| 25 | Pennsylvania | 10,138 | 81.4 |
| 26 | Nebraska | 1,376 | 77.2 |
| 27 | Connecticut | 2,558 | 73.1 |
| 28 | Nevada | 1,726 | 66.4 |
| 29 | California | 23,228 | 63.2 |
| 30 | Colorado | 2,823 | 57.2 |
| 31 | Iowa | 1,658 | 55.2 |
| 32 | New Jersey | 4,762 | 54.8 |
| 33 | New Mexico | 1,082 | 54.5 |
| 34 | Arizona | 3,250 | 50.0 |
| 35 | Hawaii | 631 | 49.0 |
| 36 | Minnesota | 2,303 | 44.1 |
| 37 | South Dakota | 344 | 42.8 |
| 38 | Washington | 2,285 | 34.9 |
| 39 | Rhode Island | 322 | 30.6 |
| 40 | Massachusetts | 1,976 | 30.4 |
| 41 | Oregon | 1,113 | 29.4 |
| 42 | West Virginia | 475 | 26.2 |
| 43 | North Dakota | 151 | 23.5 |
| YEAR 2010 TARGET | 19.0 | ||
| 44 | Wyoming | 74 | 13.9 |
| 45 | Utah | 341 | 12.5 |
| 46 | Maine | 143 | 10.9 |
| 47 | New Hampshire | 113 | 8.6 |
| 48 | Montana | 80 | 8.3 |
| 49 | Vermont | 50 | 8.0 |
| 50 | Idaho | 110 | 7.2 |
* States were ranked in descending order by rate, number of cases, and alphabetically.
† Total includes cases reported by the District of Columbia with 2,561 cases and a rate of 432.7, but excludes outlying areas (Guam with 59 cases and rate of 33.5, Puerto Rico with 230 cases and rate of 5.8, and Virgin Islands with 115 cases and rate of 104.7).
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