Table 21. Gonorrhea - Reported Cases and Rates of Reported Cases by Age Group, and Sex, United States, 2009-2013

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Year	Age Group	Cases				Rates Per 100,000 Population*
Year	Age Group	Total	Male	Female	Unknown Sex	Total	Male	Female
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
	Unknown Age	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
	Unknown Age	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	407.2	252.7	567.7
	20-24	111,730	49,633	61,756	341	504.3	438.7	569.6
	25-29	53,245	28,288	24,821	136	250.2	262.9	236.0
	30-34	27,157	16,044	11,044	69	132.4	156.0	108.0
	35-39	14,109	8,972	5,096	41	72.0	91.9	51.8
	40-44	9,686	6,955	2,708	23	46.1	66.5	25.6
	45-54	10,473	8,222	2,222	29	23.4	37.3	9.8
	55-64	2,747	2,270	471	6	7.2	12.4	2.4
	65+	587	485	99	3	1.4	2.7	0.4
	Unknown Age	489	258	191	40
	TOTAL	321,849	149,835	171,005	1,009	103.3	97.7	108.0
2012	0- 4	198	72	122	4	1.0	0.7	1.2
	5- 9	68	16	52	0	0.3	0.2	0.5
	10-14	3,136	573	2,559	4	15.2	5.4	25.3
	15-19	81,548	26,578	54,852	118	381.8	242.4	527.5
	20-24	115,224	52,351	62,711	162	510.2	453.3	568.4
	25-29	58,441	31,631	26,722	88	273.1	291.7	253.2
	30-34	31,420	18,936	12,436	48	150.3	180.4	119.4
	35-39	16,193	10,493	5,670	30	83.1	108.0	58.0
	40-44	10,965	7,858	3,089	18	52.1	75.1	29.2
	45-54	12,383	9,773	2,594	16	28.0	44.8	11.5
	55-64	3,230	2,642	586	2	8.4	14.2	2.9
	65+	644	537	105	2	1.5	2.9	0.4
	Unknown Age	1,376	775	568	33
	TOTAL	334,826	162,235	172,066	525	106.7	105.0	107.9
2013	0- 4	172	60	111	1	0.9	0.6	1.1
	5- 9	75	11	64	0	0.4	0.1	0.6
	10-14	2,637	508	2,122	7	12.8	4.8	21.0
	15-19	72,092	24,212	47,749	131	337.5	220.9	459.2
	20-24	113,035	53,055	59,760	220	500.5	459.4	541.6
	25-29	62,102	34,718	27,266	118	290.2	320.1	258.4
	30-34	34,065	20,855	13,143	67	162.9	198.7	126.2
	35-39	18,034	11,850	6,145	39	92.5	122.0	62.9
	40-44	11,817	8,590	3,192	35	56.2	82.1	30.2
	45-54	13,823	11,087	2,714	22	31.2	50.8	12.1
	55-64	3,802	3,176	621	5	9.9	17.1	3.1
	65+	825	696	128	1	1.9	3.7	0.5
	Unknown Age	525	312	193	20
	TOTAL	333,004	169,130	163,208	666	106.1	109.5	102.4

* 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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