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Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. It is the second most commonly reported STI in Tulsa County. If left untreated, gonorrhea can result in serious and painful infections and may lead to infertility in both men and women. In pregnant women, the infection can be passed to the baby during childbirth, increasing the risk of blindness or life-threatening complications for the infant. This statistic is expressed as a rate per 100,000 population, based on reported cases in a single year. Zip code level data calculations were performed by the Tulsa Health Department (THD) using raw data from the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH), Center for Health Statistics (CHS), Health Care Information (HCI), with population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau (census.gov).