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STI – Gonorrhea Incidence

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This indicator reports the number gonorrhea cases occurring in the report area. Rates are presented per 100,000 population.

The number of cases is based on laboratory-confirmed diagnoses that occurred between January 1st and December 31st of the latest reporting year. These data are delivered to and analyzed by the CDC as part of the Nationally notifiable STD surveillance system.

Source

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, 2023.

Source Description

The National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD), and Tuberculosis (TB) Prevention (NCHHSTP) is the branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) responsible for public health surveillance, prevention research, and programs to prevent and control HIV and AIDS, other STDs, viral hepatitis, and TB. NCHHSTP developed a set of indicators to monitor the prevalence and track its progress toward ending these diseases in each state, and regularly reports its progress. The NCHHSTEP program includes data from new patient case reports from 56 areas (all 50 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands).

Methodology

Cases of a given STD refer to confirmed diagnoses during a given time period. For example, the 2010 data on gonorrhea infection would include persons with laboratory-confirmed infection diagnosed between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2010, and reported to CDC through June 8, 2011. Rates per 100,000 population were calculated for each STD. The population denominators used to compute these rates for the 50 states and the District of Columbia were based on the U.S. Census Bureau population estimates utilizing the OMB compliant race categories. Each rate was calculated by dividing the number of cases for the calendar year by the population for that calendar year and then multiplying the number by 100,000.

For HIV indicators, note that for the year 2022, due to incomplete reporting, death data for Alabama, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and the US Virgin Islands should be interpreted with caution.

Also note that for 2022, Connecticut adopted nine planning regions as county-equivalent geographic units; as STI case notification data were not available in the new county-equivalent units for 2022, data for Connecticut have been suppressed in figures displaying county and county-equivalent data.

NCHHSTP AtlasPlus has suppressed data based on varying suppression rules for different variables. Please check out the NCHHSTP Atlas “FAQ” or “Technical notes” for more information.

Data Breakouts Available

  • Gonorrhea Incidence Rate by Year
  • Gonorrhea Incidence Rate by Race / Ethnicity
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