NC RESIDENT GONORRHEA CASES AND RATES PER 100,000 POPULATION, 2000-2004

RESIDENCE TOTAL GONORRHEA
CASES
RATE PER 100,000 MINORITY GONORRHEA
CASES
RATE PER 100,000
NORTH CAROLINA 80,309 193.2 67,033 635.3
ALAMANCE 1,254 185.8 999 704.2
ALEXANDER 47 27.4 19 175.4
ALLEGHANY 3 5.6 1 90.8
ANSON 421 331.6 402 629.4
ASHE 4 3.2 0 0
AVERY 7 7.9 1 23.0
BEAUFORT 570 250.5 513 761.0
BERTIE 348 351.8 337 536.6
BLADEN 294 180.0 255 385.2
BRUNSWICK 430 108.5 264 425.5
BUNCOMBE 1,118 106.1 713 721.6
BURKE 178 39.9 83 153.8
CABARRUS 851 121.8 644 646.0
CALDWELL 183 46.9 94 360.2
CAMDEN 23 61.1 20 302.0
CARTERET 256 84.9 135 516.6
CASWELL 143 120.8 123 282.4
CATAWBA 598 82.1 365 391.2
CHATHAM 235 89.7 163 343.0
CHEROKEE 9 7.2 1 18.9
CHOWAN 208 289.5 198 716.4
CLAY 1 2.2 0 0
CLEVELAND 1,216 250.4 952 873.6
COLUMBUS 582 212.7 512 533.5
CRAVEN 951 206.5 818 633.6
CUMBERLAND 5,337 348.6 4,442 689.5
CURRITUCK 65 65.5 38 469.2
DARE 132 82.0 49 773.4
DAVIDSON 433 57.5 251 301.2
DAVIE 98 53.5 49 349.5
DUPLIN 418 165.8 348 467.8
DURHAM 3,909 336.2 3,500 662.8
EDGECOMBE 2,266 828.2 2,175 1,353.9
FORSYTH 4,059 258.3 3,369 755.7
FRANKLIN 366 145.6 306 398.6
GASTON 1,547 161.6 1,157 751.1
GATES 73 136.1 60 281.7
GRAHAM 1 2.5 1 31.6
GRANVILLE 471 184.2 423 459.9
GREENE 206 211.4 179 434.1
GUILFORD 6,010 280.4 5,180 704.6
HALIFAX 1,268 444.8 1,156 704.2
HARNETT 415 86.6 334 275.0
HAYWOOD 28 10.1 4 58.4
HENDERSON 233 50.1 100 463.1
HERTFORD 319 272.3 309 423.3
HOKE 422 233.8 372 405.0
HYDE 29 100.6 24 228.0
IREDELL 921 141.5 734 715.0
JACKSON 32 18.6 15 65.5
JOHNSTON 653 98.8 514 460.9
JONES 135 262.8 116 616.6
LEE 427 171.7 330 601.0
LENOIR 753 254.6 684 552.0
LINCOLN 196 59.1 118 483.5
MCDOWELL 36 16.8 13 99.6
MACON 17 11.0 6 173.7
MADISON 12 12.1 3 187.6
MARTIN 300 238.9 285 485.7
MECKLENBURG 10,476 285.4 9,434 776.0
MITCHELL 4 5.0 0 0
MONTGOMERY 146 107.5 109 331.8
MOORE 519 134.4 419 637.3
NASH 1,329 298.3 1,192 733.1
NEW HANOVER 1,492 178.8 1,200 771.6
NORTHAMPTON 449 410.8 428 649.0
ONSLOW 2,037 265.3 1,399 762.5
ORANGE 473 78.9 356 304.6
PAMLICO 49 75.5 38 226.9
PASQUOTANK 587 326.4 533 690.1
PENDER 202 93.8 149 287.3
PERQUIMANS 112 192.8 93 570.3
PERSON 192 105.2 163 304.1
PITT 2,636 383.1 2,371 954.2
POLK 33 35.1 14 226.8
RANDOLPH 507 75.9 233 467.8
RICHMOND 533 228.8 446 559.2
ROBESON 2,101 335.9 1,841 453.5
ROCKINGHAM 715 155.0 462 486.5
ROWAN 980 148.1 824 702.5
RUTHERFORD 362 114.4 211 537.2
SAMPSON 655 212.5 552 545.2
SCOTLAND 540 300.0 468 537.0
STANLY 248 84.3 168 397.2
STOKES 66 29.1 35 285.7
SURRY 208 57.9 99 486.8
SWAIN 17 25.7 9 41.3
TRANSYLVANIA 0 0 0 0
TYRRELL 23 110.2 20 230.3
UNION 659 95.2 553 583.0
VANCE 842 384.5 779 707.9
WAKE 6,039 177.8 5,043 598.4
WARREN 277 276.3 259 430.2
WASHINGTON 113 166.5 106 308.9
WATAUGA 28 13.1 10 157.9
WAYNE 987 173.2 851 416.8
WILKES 91 27.4 36 213.3
WILSON 1,988 528.8 1,843 1,191.9
YADKIN 68 37.0 31 399.2
YANCEY 9 10.0 0 0

PREPARED BY NC-DHHS STATE CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (www.schs.state.nc.us/SCHS/)
NOTE: RATES BASED ON SMALL NUMBERS (FEWER THAN 20 CASES)
ARE UNSTABLE AND SHOULD BE INTERPRETED WITH CAUTION