San Francisco Sees Increase in Gonorrhea Cases Among Young African Americans

The San Francisco Department of Public Health, STD Prevention and Control Services alerted medical providers about alarming increases in gonorrhea among young heterosexual African Americans (March 29, 2006). The number of gonorrhea cases among the African American teenagers in San Francisco more than doubled in 2005, compared with 2004. San Francisco in 2004 had the highest rate of gonorrhea infections in the state: 269.4 cases per 100,000 residents. Cases of gonorrhea statewide have increased from 21,632 in 2000 to 30,258 in 2004.

Press release at http://www.sfdph.org/press/2006PR/PR03292006.pdf