Table 1.

Ranking of Richmond, Virginia, based on national summary of gonorrhea and chlamydia rates among cities with >200,000 population, 1992–2004^a

^aData source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US). Sexually transmitted disease surveillance reports, 1992–2004 [cited 2009 May 27]. Available from: URL: http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats

^bData from 1992–1995 for chlamydia rankings are based on non-rank tables requiring manual calculation.

^cThe Virginia Department of Health initiated increased chlamydia screening criteria. Source: Virginia Department of Health. Revised chlamydia screening criteria for women. Internal correspondence to Virginia's local health district directors. 1995 Jun 7. Correspondence on file with authors.

^dGeocoding was implemented for all data beginning in January 2002.