Table 21. Gonorrhea - Reported Cases and Rates per 100,000 Population by Age Group, and Sex, United States, 2006-2010

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Year	Age Group	Cases				Rates
Year	Age Group	Total	Male	Female	Unknown Sex	Total	Male	Female	Unknown Sex
2006	10-14	4,232	671	3,556	5	20.5	6.4	35.3
	15-19	96,104	29,899	66,015	190	450.7	273.4	635.4
	20-24	110,465	48,951	61,313	201	523.3	448.7	601.0
	25-29	61,554	32,717	28,738	99	297.2	309.1	283.8
	30-34	31,164	18,721	12,383	60	158.1	187.6	127.3
	35-39	20,573	13,712	6,821	40	97.1	128.8	64.7
	40-44	14,462	10,558	3,875	29	64.3	94.3	34.4
	45-54	13,777	10,983	2,766	28	31.8	51.6	12.6
	55-64	3,121	2,668	449	4	9.9	17.5	2.7
	65+	796	639	150	7	2.1	4.1	0.7
	Unknown Age	1,644	838	648	158
2007	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
	Unknown Age	1,186	568	522	96
2008	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
	Unknown Age	801	379	350	72
2009	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
	Unknown Age	766	300	394	72
2010	10-14	3,016	486	2,498	32	15.1	4.8	25.6
	15-19	88,250	28,002	59,867	381	409.7	253.4	570.9
	20-24	105,619	46,708	58,574	337	490.3	421.0	560.7
	25-29	50,890	26,818	23,907	165	234.8	241.3	226.3
	30-34	25,401	14,809	10,510	82	127.7	146.5	107.5
	35-39	13,769	8,812	4,907	50	67.0	85.1	48.2
	40-44	9,262	6,745	2,495	22	44.1	64.2	23.8
	45-54	9,555	7,490	2,043	22	21.4	34.1	9.0
	55-64	2,194	1,852	338	4	6.3	11.0	1.9
	65+	520	411	105	4	1.3	2.4	0.5
	Unknown Age	554	257	229	68

*No population data are available for unknown sex and age; therefore, rates are not calculated. The 0- to 9-year age group is not shown because some of these cases may not be due to sexual transmission.

NOTE: This table should be used only for age comparisons.

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- Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention