Gonorrhea Epidemiology in North Carolina

2018August 2019

Division of Public Health/Epidemiology Section/Communicable Disease Branch

HIV/STD/Hepatitis Surveillance Unit

HIV/STD/Hepatitis Surveillance Unit

Where to find HIV/STD Information?

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http://epi.publichealth.nc.gov/cd/stds/figures.html

HIV/STD/Hepatitis Surveillance Unit

Gonorrhea Cases by GenderNorth Carolina, 2009-2018

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Data Source: North Carolina Electronic Disease Surveillance System (data as of May 1, 2019).

HIV/STD/Hepatitis Surveillance Unit

Gonorrhea Rates by GenderNorth Carolina and United States, 2009-2018

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Data Source: North Carolina Electronic Disease Surveillance System (data as of May 1, 2019) and 2017 Sexually

Transmitted Diseases Surveillance, CDC (https://www.cdc.gov/std/stats17/gonorrhea.htm).

HIV/STD/Hepatitis Surveillance Unit

Age distribution of Gonorrhea Cases by Gender North Carolina, 2018

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Data Source: North Carolina Electronic Disease Surveillance System (data as of May 1, 2019).

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Gonorrhea Cases by Race/Ethnicity, North Carolina 2014-2018

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*Non-Hispanic/Latino.

Data Source: North Carolina Electronic Disease Surveillance System (data as of May 1, 2019).

HIV/STD/Hepatitis Surveillance Unit

Gonorrhea Rates by CountyNorth Carolina 2018

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Data Source: North Carolina Electronic Disease Surveillance System (data as of May 1, 2019).

HIV/STD/Hepatitis Surveillance Unit8

GONORRHEA CO-INFECTION WITH HIV

HIV/STD/Hepatitis Surveillance Unit

People with Gonorrhea Coinfected with HIV* by Gender, 2009-2018

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*HIV diagnosed prior to OR within 30 days of gonorrhea diagnosis.

Data Source: North Carolina Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NC EDSS) (data as of May 1, 2019) and

enhanced HIV/AIDS Reporting System (eHARS) (data as of June 26, 2019).

HIV/STD/Hepatitis Surveillance Unit

People with Gonorrhea Coinfected with HIV* by Race/Ethnicity, 2014-2018

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*HIV diagnosed prior to OR within 30 days of gonorrhea diagnosis.

**Non-Hispanic/Latino.

Data Source: North Carolina Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NC EDSS) (data as of May 1, 2019) and

enhanced HIV/AIDS Reporting System (eHARS) (data as of June 26, 2019).