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Table 29. Primary and secondary syphilis - Reported cases and rates in selected cities, ranked by rates: United States, 2004

Rank* City† Cases Rate per 100,000 Population
1 San Francisco, CA 345   45.9  
2 Atlanta, GA 283   34.6  
3 Baltimore, MD 209   33.2  
4 New Orleans, LA 77   16.4  
5 St Louis, MO 47   14.1  
6 Detroit, MI 126   13.5  
7 Washington, DC 69   12.2  
8 Dallas, TX 141   11.6  
9 Jersey City, NJ 26   10.8  
10 Chicago, IL 297   9.7  
11 Memphis, TN 87   9.6  
12 Houston, TX 192   9.4  
13 Boston, MA 54   9.1  
14 Miami, FL 213   9.1  
15 San Antonio, TX 107   8.8  
16 Columbus, OH 94   8.6  
17 Newark, NJ 26   8.6  
18 Jacksonville, FL 70   8.6  
19 New York City, NY 621   7.7  
20 Austin, TX 52   7.7  
21 Denver, CO 41   7.4  
22 Albuquerque, NM 41   7.1  
23 Seattle, WA 123   7.0  
24 Norfolk, VA 16   6.6  
25 Fort Worth, TX 36   6.2  
26 Charlotte, NC 39   5.2  
27 Los Angeles, CA 464   5.0  
28 Philadelphia, PA 72   4.9  
29 Kansas City, MO 22   4.8  
30 Louisville, KY 33   4.7  
31 Birmingham, AL 31   4.7  
32 San Diego, CA 138   4.7  
33 Yonkers, NY 9   4.5  
34 Tampa, FL 47   4.4  
35 Tucson, AZ 38   4.3  
36 Minneapolis, MN 16   4.1  
37 St Petersburg, FL 37   4.0  
38 Oklahoma City, OK 16   3.7  
39 Richmond, VA 7   3.6  
40 Portland, OR 18   3.4  
41 Indianapolis, IN 29   3.4  
42 San Jose, CA 56   3.3  
43 Rochester, NY 8   3.2  
44 Phoenix, AZ 106   3.1  
45 Oakland, CA 41   2.8  
46 Nashville, TN 15   2.6  
47 Wichita, KS 12   2.6  
48 Cincinnati, OH 18   2.2  
49 Pittsburgh, PA 21   1.7  
50 Buffalo, NY 5   1.6  
51 El Paso, TX 9   1.5  
52 Milwaukee, WI 14   1.5  
53 Cleveland, OH 19   1.4  
54 Sacramento, CA 18   1.4  
55 Akron, OH 5   0.9  
56 Honolulu, HI 7   0.8  
57 Corpus Christi, TX 2   0.7  
58 St Paul, MN 2   0.7  
59 Toledo, OH 3   0.7  
60 Omaha, NE 3   0.6  
61 Des Moines, IA 2   0.5  
62 Tulsa, OK 2   0.5  
  YEAR 2010 TARGET     0.2  
63 Dayton, OH 1   0.2  

*Cities were ranked in descending order by rate, number of cases, and alphabetically by state.

†Excludes cities in outlying areas (San Juan, PR, with 67 cases and rate of 6.5). See Appendix.

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