Government

2015 gonorrhea cases by Michigan counties

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By BRIDGET BUSH
Capital News Service
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County
Total cases
County Population
Cases per 10,000 residents

Michigan
10,615

Alcona
2
10,942
1.83

Alger
0
9.601
0.00

Allegan
33
111,408
2.96

Alpena
0
29,598
0.00

Antrim
1
23,580
0.42

Arenac
2
15,899
1.26

Baraga
3
8,860
3.39

Barry
12
59,173
2.03

Bay
48
107,771
4.45

Benzie
2
17,525
1.14

Berrien
205
156,813
13.07

Branch
3
45,248
0.66

Calhoun
173
136,146
12.71

Cass
13
52,293
2.49

Charlevoix
0
25,949
0.00

Cheboygan
0
26,152
0.00

Chippewa
1
38,520
0.26

Clare
4
30,926
1.29

Clinton
24
75,382
3.18

Crawford
1
14,074
0.71

Delta
6
37,069
1.62

Dickinson
0
26,168
0.00

Eaton
86
107,759
7.98

Emmet
3
32,694
0.92

Genesee
885
425,790
20.78

Gladwin
2
25,692
0.78

Gogebic
2
16,427
1.22

Grand Traverse
10
86,986
1.15

Gratiot
2
42,476
0.47

Hillsdale
4
46,688
0.86

Houghton
5
36,628
1.37

Huron
5
33,118
1.51

Ingham
473
280,895
16.84

Ionia
16
63,905
2.50

Iosco
2
25,887
0.77

Iron
1
11,817
0.85

isabella
20
70,311
2.84

Jackson
82
160,248
5.12

Kalamazoo
648
250,331
25.89

Kalkaska
0
17,153
0.00

Kent
758
602,622
12.58

Keweenaw
1
2,156
4.64

Lake
2
11,539
1.73

Lapeer
12
88,319
1.36

Leelanau
2
21,708
0.92

Lenawee
18
99,892
1.80

Livingston
34
180,967
1.88

Luce
0
6,631
0.00

Mackinac
0
11,113
0.00

Macomb
504
840,978
5.99

Manistee
2
24,733
0.81

Marquette
8
67,077
1.19

Mason
3
28,705
1.05

Mecosta
9
42,798
2.10

Menominee
2
24,029
0.83

Midland
11
83,629
1.32

Missaukee
1
14,849
0.67

Monroe
54
152,021
3.55

Montcalm
12
63,342
1.89

Montmorency
0
9,765
0.00

Muskegon
410
172,188
23.81

Newaygo
12
48,460
2.48

Oakland
731
1,202,362
6.08

Oceana
9
26,570
3.39

Oqemaw
0
21,699
0.00

Ontonagon
0
6,780
0.00

Osceola
2
23,528
0.85

Oscoda
0
8,640
0.00

Otsego
6
24,164
2.48

Ottawa
82
263,801
3.11

Preque Isle
0
13,376
0.00

Roscommon
0
24,449
0.00

Saginaw
364
200,169
18.18

St. Clair
35
163,040
2.15

St. Joseph
17
61,295
2.77

Sanilac
4
43,114
0.93

Schoolcraft
0
8,485
0.00

Shiawasee
19
70,648
2.69

Tuscola
8
55,729
1.44

Van Buren
40
76,258
5.25

Washtenaw
344
344,791
9.98

Wayne
4311
1,820,584
23.68

Wexford
9
32,735
2.75

Source: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

Health

Super gonorrhea: bad bugs, no drugs

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By BRIDGET BUSH
Capital News Service
LANSING—Health experts are bracing for a strain of gonorrhea resistant to all forms of antibiotic treatment, a threat potentially more daunting than HIV AIDS. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say that it is still too early to determine whether this strain has become widespread, Michigan communities are playing it safe. “We’re not waiting until it becomes a problem to start talking about it,” said Meghan Swain, executive director of the Michigan Association for Local Public Health. The main focus of health departments’ efforts right now is prevention. “I’m not aware of any recent spikes in gonorrhea,” said Kate Donaldson, public information officer for the Local Health Department for District 10, which serves Crawford, Kalkaska, Lake, Manistee, Mason, Mecosta, Missaukee, Newaygo, Oceana and Wexford counties.