Gonorrhea rate leveling off, but some cities still hard hit
Key points
- Gonorrhea has leveled off in the United States, but rates are still rising in many cities hit hardest by the infection.
- The national gonorrhea rate stabilized in 2000 after rising 9 percent from 1997 to 1999, the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported yesterday.
- The rate in 2000 was 131.6 cases per 100,000 people, down from 132 in 1999.
- But the sexually transmitted disease rose in 2000 in 13 of the 20 cities with the highest rates.
ATLANTA — Gonorrhea has leveled off in the United States, but rates are still rising in many cities hit hardest by the infection.
The national gonorrhea rate stabilized in 2000 after rising 9 percent from 1997 to 1999, the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported yesterday. The rate in 2000 was 131.6 cases per 100,000 people, down from 132 in 1999.
But the sexually transmitted disease rose in 2000 in 13 of the 20 cities with the highest rates. Seattle was not ranked among those 20 cities.
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David Cohen, M.D.
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