Gonorrhea: Rates of reported cases by state and territory, United States, 2023

In 2023, rates of reported gonorrhea ranged in the United States from 34 cases per 100,000 persons in Vermont to 311 cases per 100,000 persons in Alaska. The rate of reported gonorrhea in the District of Columbia was 853 per 100,000 persons. Among United States territories, rates of reported gonorrhea ranged from 37 cases per 100,000 persons in Puerto Rico to 111 cases per 100,000 persons in Guam.

Tennessee transitioned sexually transmitted infection (STI) surveillance information systems in September of 2023 which may have impacted the overall case counts. Caution should be applied in interpretation of these data.

This report includes data from years that coincide with the COVID-19 pandemic, which introduced uncertainty and difficulty in interpreting STI surveillance data. Refer to Impact of COVID-19 on STIs (https://www.cdc.gov/sti-statistics/about/impact-of-covid-19.html) for more information.