Table 13. Gonorrhea — Reported Cases and Rates of Reported Cases by State, Ranked by Rates, United States, 2016
Rank* | State | Cases | Rate per 100,000 Population |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Mississippi | 7,157 | 239.2 |
2 | Louisiana | 10,782 | 230.8 |
3 | Georgia | 20,553 | 201.2 |
4 | Alaska | 1,454 | 196.9 |
5 | North Carolina | 19,687 | 196.0 |
6 | Oklahoma | 7,574 | 193.6 |
7 | Arkansas | 5,732 | 192.5 |
8 | Missouri | 11,479 | 188.7 |
9 | South Carolina | 9,194 | 187.8 |
10 | Delaware | 1,702 | 179.9 |
11 | Ohio | 20,487 | 176.4 |
12 | Alabama | 8,408 | 173.0 |
13 | New Mexico | 3,516 | 168.6 |
14 | California | 64,551 | 164.9 |
15 | Illinois | 21,199 | 164.8 |
16 | Maryland | 9,523 | 158.5 |
17 | Texas | 42,472 | 154.6 |
18 | Tennessee | 10,179 | 154.2 |
19 | Nevada | 4,380 | 151.5 |
20 | Arizona | 10,330 | 151.3 |
21 | South Dakota | 1,269 | 147.8 |
22 | New York | 29,000 | 146.5 |
U.S. TOTAL† | 468,514 | 145.8 | |
23 | Indiana | 9,451 | 142.8 |
24 | Florida | 28,162 | 138.9 |
25 | Virginia | 11,084 | 132.2 |
26 | North Dakota | 1,000 | 132.1 |
27 | Kentucky | 5,812 | 131.3 |
28 | Michigan | 12,450 | 125.5 |
29 | Kansas | 3,353 | 115.2 |
30 | Pennsylvania | 14,603 | 114.1 |
31 | Washington | 8,174 | 114.0 |
32 | Nebraska | 2,156 | 113.7 |
33 | Wisconsin | 6,498 | 112.6 |
34 | Colorado | 5,975 | 109.5 |
35 | Oregon | 4,353 | 108.0 |
36 | Hawaii | 1,467 | 102.5 |
37 | Minnesota | 5,104 | 93.0 |
38 | New Jersey | 8,162 | 91.1 |
39 | Montana | 867 | 83.9 |
40 | Iowa | 2,600 | 83.2 |
41 | Connecticut | 2,731 | 76.1 |
42 | Massachusetts | 4,980 | 73.3 |
43 | Utah | 2,100 | 70.1 |
44 | Rhode Island | 716 | 67.8 |
45 | West Virginia | 919 | 49.8 |
46 | Wyoming | 275 | 46.9 |
47 | Idaho | 635 | 38.4 |
48 | New Hampshire | 456 | 34.3 |
49 | Maine | 451 | 33.9 |
50 | Vermont | 126 | 20.1 |
* States were ranked by rate, then by case count, then in alphabetical order, with rates shown rounded to the nearest tenth.
† Total includes cases reported by the District of Columbia with 3,226 cases and a rate of 479.9, but excludes outlying areas (Guam with 133 cases and rate of 82.2, Puerto Rico with 744 cases and rate of 21.4, and Virgin Islands with 35 cases and rate of 34.0).
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