Table 21. Gonorrhea - Reported Cases and Rates per 100,000 Population by Age Group, and Sex, United States, 2007-2011

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Year	Age Group	Cases				Rates per 100,000
Year	Age Group	Total	Male	Female	Unknown Sex	Total	Male	Female	Unknown Sex
2007	0- 4	353	140	211	2	1.7	1.3	2.1
	5- 9	140	35	105	0	0.7	0.3	1.1
	10-14	3,946	619	3,313	14	19.4	6.0	33.4
	15-19	98,260	31,090	66,961	209	457.6	282.5	639.7
	20-24	111,418	48,848	62,401	169	529.7	450.1	613.0
	25-29	61,157	32,135	28,941	81	290.4	298.2	281.5
	30-34	30,191	18,019	12,123	49	154.6	181.9	125.9
	35-39	19,028	12,648	6,336	44	89.9	118.7	60.2
	40-44	13,138	9,651	3,463	24	59.8	88.0	31.4
	45-54	13,299	10,640	2,645	14	30.3	49.3	11.9
	55-64	3,168	2,675	484	9	9.7	17.0	2.9
	65+	707	617	89	1	1.9	3.9	0.4
	UNK	1,186	568	522	96
	TOTAL	355,991	167,685	187,594	712	118.0	112.8	122.6
2008	0- 4	310	119	190	1	1.5	1.1	1.9
	5- 9	142	36	105	1	0.7	0.4	1.1
	10-14	3,660	596	3,059	5	18.3	5.8	31.2
	15-19	97,069	30,468	66,326	275	451.2	276.3	632.5
	20-24	108,747	46,796	61,647	304	516.4	431.5	603.6
	25-29	56,654	28,928	27,563	163	265.6	264.4	265.2
	30-34	27,561	16,077	11,387	97	140.6	161.4	118.1
	35-39	16,378	10,552	5,773	53	78.0	99.8	55.4
	40-44	11,020	7,809	3,170	41	51.2	72.7	29.5
	45-54	11,123	8,612	2,481	30	25.1	39.4	11.0
	55-64	2,622	2,186	423	13	7.8	13.5	2.4
	65+	655	545	103	7	1.7	3.3	0.5
	UNK	801	379	350	72
	TOTAL	336,742	153,103	182,577	1,062	110.7	102.1	118.5
2009	0- 4	226	83	141	2	1.1	0.8	1.4
	5- 9	90	13	77	0	0.4	0.1	0.8
	10-14	2,983	507	2,471	5	14.9	5.0	25.3
	15-19	86,996	27,444	59,353	199	403.9	248.3	566.0
	20-24	100,645	43,986	56,436	223	467.3	396.5	540.3
	25-29	49,855	26,016	23,719	120	230.0	234.1	224.6
	30-34	24,607	14,364	10,178	65	123.7	142.1	104.1
	35-39	13,971	8,997	4,928	46	68.0	86.9	48.4
	40-44	8,975	6,504	2,446	25	42.8	61.9	23.3
	45-54	9,294	7,311	1,954	29	20.8	33.3	8.6
	55-64	2,212	1,848	363	1	6.4	11.0	2.0
	65+	554	446	108	0	1.4	2.7	0.5
	UNK	766	300	394	72
	TOTAL	301,174	137,819	162,568	787	98.1	91.0	104.5
2010	0- 4	247	70	167	10	1.2	0.7	1.7
	5- 9	64	10	53	1	0.3	0.1	0.5
	10-14	3,016	486	2,498	32	14.6	4.6	24.7
	15-19	88,250	28,002	59,867	381	400.4	247.7	557.6
	20-24	105,619	46,708	58,574	337	489.3	424.1	554.1
	25-29	50,890	26,818	23,907	165	241.2	252.2	228.4
	30-34	25,401	14,809	10,510	82	127.2	148.1	105.5
	35-39	13,769	8,812	4,907	50	68.2	87.8	48.4
	40-44	9,262	6,745	2,495	22	44.3	64.9	23.8
	45-54	9,555	7,490	2,043	22	21.2	33.8	8.9
	55-64	2,194	1,852	338	4	6.0	10.5	1.8
	65+	520	411	105	4	1.3	2.4	0.5
	UNK	554	257	229	68
	TOTAL	309,341	142,470	165,693	1,178	100.2	93.9	105.6
2011	0- 4	182	43	136	3	0.9	0.4	1.4
	5- 9	82	15	66	1	0.4	0.1	0.7
	10-14	3,223	548	2,648	27	15.6	5.2	26.2
	15-19	88,139	28,102	59,747	290	399.9	248.6	556.5
	20-24	111,730	49,633	61,756	341	517.6	450.6	584.2
	25-29	53,245	28,288	24,821	136	252.3	266.0	237.2
	30-34	27,157	16,044	11,044	69	136.0	160.5	110.8
	35-39	14,109	8,972	5,096	41	69.9	89.3	50.3
	40-44	9,686	6,955	2,708	23	46.4	66.9	25.8
	45-54	10,473	8,222	2,222	29	23.3	37.1	9.7
	55-64	2,747	2,270	471	6	7.5	12.9	2.5
	65+	587	485	99	3	1.5	2.8	0.4
	UNK	489	258	191	40
	TOTAL	321,849	149,835	171,005	1,009	104.2	98.7	108.9

*No population data are available for unknown sex and age; therefore, rates are not calculated.

NOTE: This table should be used only for age comparisons. Cases in the 0–4 age group may include cases due to perinatal transmission.

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