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Gonorrhea Incidence by Sex, among Persons Under 30 Years of Age, New Jersey, 2012 to 2020
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Why Is This Important?
Gonorrhea can cause very serious complications when not treated, but can be cured with the right medication. Anyone who is sexually active can get gonorrhea.
Definition
Rate of newly reported cases of gonorrhea by date of diagnosis per 100,000 population
Data Notes
This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) objective STD-3.Data Sources
- Communicable Disease Reporting and Surveillance System (CRDSS); Sexually Transmitted Disease Program; Division of HIV/AIDS, STD and TB Services; New Jersey Department of Health
(http://www.nj.gov/health/hivstdtb/stds/) - Population Estimates, State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
(https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/demographics/population-household-estimates/)
How the Measure is Calculated
Numerator:
Number of newly reported cases of gonorrhea by date of diagnosisDenominator:
Estimated number of persons in the population
Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2030
Healthy People 2030 Objective STI-02
U.S. Target: Reduce gonorrhea rates among males aged 15-24 years to 471.2 per 100,000 population by 2030.0
https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/sexually-transmitted-infections/reduce-gonorrhea-rates-male-adolescents-and-young-men-sti-02
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective STD-6.1
U.S. Target: Reduce gonorrhea rates among females aged 15 to 44 years to 251.9 new cases per 100,000 population by 2020.0
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/sexually-transmitted-diseasesHealthy People 2020 Objective STD-6.2
U.S. Target: Reduce gonorrhea rates among males aged 15 to 44 years to 194.8 new cases per 100,000 population by 2020.0
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/sexually-transmitted-diseases
Health Initiative: HNJ2020
Healthy NJ 2020 Objective STD-3a
NJ Target: Reduce gonorrhea incidence to 116 per 100,000 males under age 30 by 2020.0
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/std.shtmlHealthy NJ 2020 Objective STD-3b
NJ Target: Reduce gonorrhea incidence to 161 per 100,000 females under age 30 by 2020.0
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/std.shtml