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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sara Mehrsefat, M.D. [2]; Priyamvada Singh, MBBS [3]
Epidemiology and demographics
Prevalence
Gonorrhea is a very common infectious disease.
- In the period from 1975 to 1997, the national gonorrhea rate declined, following the implementation of the national gonorrhea control program in the mid-1970s.
- After a small increase in 1998, the gonorrhea rate has decreased slightly since 1999.
- In 2012, gonorreha represents 106 million of the estimated 498 million new cases of curable STIs – that also includes syphilis, chlamydia and trichomoniasis.[1]
Gender
- Men are more commonly affected with gonorrhea than men globally. It suggests increased transmission among gay, bisexual, or men who have sex with men (MSM).
- In 2012, the global prevalence of gonorrhea among women aged 15–49 years was estimated to range from 600 to 1,000 cases per 100,000 individuals.
- In 2012, the global prevalence of gonorrhea among men was estimated to range from 400 to 900 cases per 100,000 individuals.
- In 2014, in the United States incidence of gonorrhea was reported 120 cases per 100,000 males, while it was reported 100 cases per 100,000 female.
Race
In 2014, the gonorrhea is more prevalent in the Blacks, American Indians/Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians/Other Pacific Islanders races compere to Whites.
- In 2014, in the United States Incidence of gonococcal infection among african american was 400 cases per 100,000, 160 cases per 100,000 among American Indians/ Alaska Natives, i 100 cases per 100,000 among Native Hawaiians/Other Pacific Islanders, and it is 38 cases per 100,000 among Whites.
- The incidence in Blacks is 10.6 times that of Whites.
- The incidence in American Indians/ Alaska Native was 4.2 times that of Whites.
- The incidence in Native Hawaiians/Other Pacific Islanders was 2.7 times that of Whites.
Developed Country
- In the United State, gonorrhea is the second most common STD after chlamydia.[2]
- In the United States, CDC estimates more than 300,000 reported cases of gonorrhea per year, yet CDC estimates 820,000 new infections may actually occur each year.[3]
Gonorrhea by Region in the United States
In 2014, In the United State gonorrhea was reported in different state The lowest report was reported in Vermont 13 cases per 100,000 population and the highest was reported in the District of Columbia was 291.3 per 100,000 population.
In 2014, among the four region of the United States (South, Midwest, West, and Northeast), the South had the highest rate of reported gonorrhea cases.
References
- ↑ World Health Organization. Emergence of multi-drug resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/70603/1/WHO_RHR_11.14_eng.pdf Accessed on September 8, 2016
- ↑ CDC. Sexually transmitted disease surveillance 2013. Atlanta: US Department of Health and Human Services; 2014.
- ↑ Satterwhite CL, Torrone E, Meites E, et al. Sexually transmitted infections among US women and men: prevalence and incidence estimates, 2008. Sex Transm Dis 2013;40:187–93.