Table 25. Reported cases of specified sexually transmitted diseases among adolescents aged 15-19 years, by year and place of residence, 1998-2003
			1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Chlamydia trachomatis
Reported cases
	City of Galveston		170	132	170	199	192	176
	Galveston County		324	314	370	436	408	402
	Texas		24,347	25,176	26,962	26,688	26,107	24,994
	United States		247,339	259,742	266,583	288,333	299,863	N/A
Incidence rates (reported cases per 100 residents).  Healthy People 2010 Objective: 3.0.
	City of Galveston*		4.3	3.3	4.2	4.9	4.7	4.3
	Galveston County		1.7	1.6	2.0	2.3	2.2	2.2
	Texas		1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5
	United States		1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.5	N/A
Gonorrhea
Reported cases
	City of Galveston		159	100	93	96	91	43
	Galveston County		237	209	173	163	161	111
	Texas		10,346	10,577	10,316	9,190	8,029	6,971
	United States		105,987	104,426	102,043	101,065	96,325	N/A
Incidence rates (reported cases per 100,000 residents). Healthy People 2010 Objective: 19.0.
	City of Galveston*		3,992.0	2,496.9	2,307.7	2,369.2	2,233.7	1,049.8
	Galveston County		1,255.1	1,086.6	940.2	871.1	865.3	600.0
	Texas		667.2	676.6	630.5	550.7	485.5	419.8
	United States		542.4	528.8	504.7	499.8	476.4	N/A
Population aged 15 through 19 years
	City of Galveston*		3,983	4,005	4,030	4,052	4,074	4,096
	Galveston County		18,883	19,234	18,401	18,795	18,607	18,507
	Texas		1,550,680	1,563,212	1,636,232	1,663,111	1,653,654	1,660,667
N/A = not available
Sources:
Case data are from Texas Department of Health (TDH) Bureau of HIV and STD Prevention.
Population data are from TDH Center for Health Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau.
U.S. data are from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, STD Surveillance 2002,
http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats/ .
*Population data for City of Galveston, 1996-99 and 2001-03, estimated using linear interpolation from 1990 and 2000 Census data.  http://factfinder.census.gov/