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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 23.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Dis. 2016 Dec;43(12):725–730. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000515

Table 1.

Women tested for gonorrhea, and all cases of gonorrhea reported, 1973–1985.

Women tested Cases reported
Year Tested Positive % Women Men Total
1973 7,062,133 322,746 4.6 332,800 509,821 842,621
1974 8,308,301 350,149 4.2 367,011 539,110 906,121
1975 9,310,618 400,851 4.3 406,183 593,754 999,937
1976 8,953,358 391,809 4.4 405,381 596,613 1,001,994
1977 8,456,410 393,305 4.7 404,193 598,026 1,002,219
1978 8,641,188 403,098 4.7 415,797 597,639 1,013,436
1979 8,778,406 392,283 4.5 413,295 590,763 1,004,058
1980 9,106,583 398,651 4.4 411,220 592,809 1,004,029
1981 8,904,745 385,057 4.3 402,616 588,248 990,864
1982 8,052,584 343,291 4.3 385,481 575,152 960,633
1983 7,720,860 319,102 4.1 374,064 526,371 900,435
1983 7,337,192 300,761 4.1 369,831 508,725 878,556
1985 7,481,500 305,667 4.1 386,856 524,563 911,419