Prevalence and Incidence of Gonorrhea
Gonorrhea Prevalence: Book Excerpts
Incidence (annual) of Gonorrhea:
800,000 cases (CDC estimate/NIAID) ... see also overview of Gonorrhea.
Incidence Rate:
approx 1 in 339 or 0.29% or 800,000 people in USA [Source statistic for calcuation: "800,000 cases (CDC estimate/NIAID)" -- see also general information about data sources]
Incidence extrapolations for USA for Gonorrhea:
800,000 per year,
66,666 per month,
15,384 per week,
2,191 per day,
91 per hour,
1 per minute,
0 per second.
[Source statistic for calculation: "800,000 cases (CDC estimate/NIAID)" -- see also general information about data sources]
Undiagnosed prevalence of Gonorrhea:
estimated 400,000 cases (CDC/NIAID based on 800,000 estimates with about 400,000 reported) ... see also misdiagnosis of Gonorrhea.
Undiagnosed prevalence rate:
approx 1 in 679 or 0.15% or 400,000 people in USA [about data] ... Note: this rate calculation uses the following statistic: estimated 400,000 cases (CDC/NIAID based on 800,000 estimates with about 400,000 reported)
Prevalance of Gonorrhea:
Each year approximately 650,000 people in the United
States are infected with gonorrhea. In 1999, the rate of reported
gonorrhea infections was 132.2 per 100,000 persons. (Source: excerpt from Gonorrhea: DSTD)
...
An estimated 650,000 cases of gonorrhea, caused by
Neisseria gonorrhoeae, occur annually in the United
States. (Source: excerpt from Sexually Transmitted Diseases Statistics, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
...
In 1997, 324,901 cases of gonorrhea in the United States were
reported to the CDC, a case rate of 122/100,000. (Source: excerpt from Sexually Transmitted Diseases Statistics, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
Worldwide prevalence of Gonorrhea:
Worldwide, an estimated 62 million new cases of gonorrhea
occurred in 1997. (Source: excerpt from Sexually Transmitted Diseases Statistics, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
Prevelance of Gonorrhea discussion:
In 1997, health care workers reported
324,901 cases of gonorrhea in the United States to the U.S. Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Institute of Medicine,
however, estimates that 800,000 cases of gonorrhea occur annually in
the United States. Health economists estimate that the annual cost
of gonorrhea and its complications is close to $1.1
billion. (Source: excerpt from Gonorrhea, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
Incidence statistics for Gonorrhea:
The following statistics relate to the incidence of Gonorrhea:
- 650,000 annual cases (CDC 2001)
- Approximately 400,000 CDC reported cases
- 324,901 cases reported (CDC/1997)355,642 cases (1998)
- 360,076 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
- 20.16 per 100,000 in Canada 20001
- Estimated 650,000 new cases each year in the USA 2002 (Trends in STD’s in the US, CDC, 2002)
- 358,995 new cases of gonorrhoea occurred annually in the US 2000 (Health, United States: 2002, NCHS, CDC)
- 15,903 new cases of gonorrhea in England and Wales 2001 (PHLS, London, 2002)
- more statistics...»
Prevalence/Incidence of Gonorrhea: Online Medical Books
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for more information about the prevalence and/or incidence of Gonorrhea.
Gonorrhea:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Transmission of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the organism that causes gonorrhea, usually follows sexual contact with an infected person. Children born of infected mothers can contract gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum during passage through the birth canal. Children and adults with gonorrhea can contract gonococcal conjunctivitis by touching their eyes with contaminated hands.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that there are about 700,000 new cases of gonorrhea each year; only about half of these cases are reported to health care officials.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Gonococcal Infections:
Gonococcal Infections - epidemiology
(The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
- Gonorrhea is the most common STD found in sexually abused children.
- Gonococcal conjunctivitis, although rare in adults, occurs by autoinoculation of infected secretions in patients with anogenital infection.
Gonococcal Infections - prevalence
- In the US, >1 million new infections are diagnosed each year. The highest rates of occurrence are found in 15–24-year-old women and men.
- Pelvic inflammatory disease occurs in 10–20% of women with endocervical gonococcal infection.
- The risk of male-to-female transmission is 50% per episode of vaginal intercourse; the risk of female-to-male transmission is ~20% per episode. Rectal intercourse is also a mode of transmission, but orogenital contact is not.
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Source: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 2008
About prevalence and incidence statistics:
The term 'prevalence' of Gonorrhea usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Gonorrhea at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Gonorrhea refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Gonorrhea diagnosed each year.
Hence, these two statistics types can differ:
a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence,
but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence.
For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.
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