NC RESIDENT GONORRHEA CASES AND RATES PER 100,000 POPULATION, 2001-2005

RESIDENCE TOTAL GONORRHEA
CASES
RATE PER 100,000 MINORITY GONORRHEA
CASES
RATE PER 100,000
NORTH CAROLINA 77,371 183.5 63,939 600.1
ALAMANCE 1,143 167.6 899 630.3
ALEXANDER 43 24.7 20 186.8
ALLEGHANY 2 3.7 1 99.0
ANSON 425 333.6 408 636.2
ASHE 5 4.0 0 0
AVERY 6 6.7 1 22.6
BEAUFORT 508 222.3 449 668.7
BERTIE 394 398.7 380 605.4
BLADEN 236 144.1 208 315.2
BRUNSWICK 457 110.9 265 418.5
BUNCOMBE 1,099 103.4 656 667.7
BURKE 188 42.3 82 152.2
CABARRUS 814 113.5 607 596.6
CALDWELL 177 45.2 85 328.0
CAMDEN 24 60.4 21 311.6
CARTERET 279 91.5 147 567.0
CASWELL 139 117.3 117 271.7
CATAWBA 607 82.6 380 402.3
CHATHAM 225 83.8 158 334.5
CHEROKEE 11 8.7 1 19.3
CHOWAN 194 270.3 179 650.9
CLAY 1 2.1 0 0
CLEVELAND 1,148 236.1 891 819.3
COLUMBUS 553 202.3 480 501.7
CRAVEN 947 205.1 793 616.0
CUMBERLAND 5,081 331.6 4,230 655.1
CURRITUCK 64 61.6 38 468.2
DARE 144 86.9 53 838.6
DAVIDSON 483 63.6 283 339.8
DAVIE 97 51.9 52 373.2
DUPLIN 341 133.9 281 381.4
DURHAM 3,638 308.2 3,247 604.1
EDGECOMBE 2,077 766.3 1,992 1,251.8
FORSYTH 3,781 237.7 3,045 677.0
FRANKLIN 297 115.2 242 312.4
GASTON 1,711 178.1 1,222 789.3
GATES 91 167.5 77 361.5
GRAHAM 1 2.5 0 0
GRANVILLE 395 151.8 352 381.0
GREENE 217 220.1 191 460.4
GUILFORD 5,468 252.9 4,710 631.2
HALIFAX 1,232 433.9 1,108 675.1
HARNETT 468 95.7 372 301.9
HAYWOOD 32 11.5 6 88.7
HENDERSON 238 50.3 106 494.1
HERTFORD 292 246.6 284 384.3
HOKE 381 203.5 332 353.3
HYDE 30 105.0 24 230.1
IREDELL 1,002 150.2 808 776.2
JACKSON 35 20.1 15 65.2
JOHNSTON 613 89.6 483 424.7
JONES 123 240.1 102 549.8
LEE 403 159.2 323 586.1
LENOIR 840 285.4 761 617.0
LINCOLN 165 48.9 91 379.3
MCDOWELL 37 17.2 12 92.6
MACON 15 9.6 4 118.1
MADISON 16 16.0 5 328.9
MARTIN 294 236.0 277 475.9
MECKLENBURG 10,771 286.0 9,662 773.7
MITCHELL 5 6.3 0 0
MONTGOMERY 113 83.0 82 254.1
MOORE 454 115.8 366 556.8
NASH 1,181 262.8 1,071 651.2
NEW HANOVER 1,394 163.3 1,087 693.7
NORTHAMPTON 408 375.1 383 584.7
ONSLOW 2,002 257.8 1,342 731.9
ORANGE 473 78.5 351 301.9
PAMLICO 37 56.9 29 174.2
PASQUOTANK 646 351.6 581 733.2
PENDER 215 97.5 161 311.0
PERQUIMANS 124 210.7 104 639.0
PERSON 190 103.3 161 300.8
PITT 2,455 352.3 2,195 873.2
POLK 31 32.8 14 232.2
RANDOLPH 425 63.0 178 359.1
RICHMOND 415 178.1 341 426.5
ROBESON 2,054 326.3 1,790 439.4
ROCKINGHAM 710 154.0 434 461.7
ROWAN 964 145.1 794 679.2
RUTHERFORD 444 140.2 254 649.0
SAMPSON 592 190.2 487 482.8
SCOTLAND 525 290.3 454 516.6
STANLY 284 96.3 183 430.9
STOKES 58 25.4 26 215.2
SURRY 177 49.0 83 418.3
SWAIN 25 37.4 12 54.7
TRANSYLVANIA 0 0 0 0
TYRRELL 28 133.6 23 264.1
UNION 746 102.4 605 620.5
VANCE 724 329.8 671 606.2
WAKE 5,458 155.2 4,578 527.0
WARREN 222 221.2 200 333.2
WASHINGTON 132 195.3 126 367.8
WATAUGA 28 13.1 10 160.3
WAYNE 1,035 180.9 914 446.4
WILKES 97 29.1 32 192.9
WILSON 1,921 507.2 1,771 1,137.2
YADKIN 70 37.9 27 355.5
YANCEY 11 12.2 1 93.8

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