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Table 30. Primary and secondary syphilis - Reported cases and rates in selected cities listed in alphabetical order: United States and outlying areas, 2000-2004

City Cases Rates per 100,000 Population
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Akron, OH 0 1 2 3 5 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.9
Albuquerque, NM 11 8 21 36 41 2.0 1.4 3.7 6.2 7.1
Atlanta, GA 116 224 257 298 283 14.2 27.1 31.1 36.4 34.6
Austin, TX 8 17 22 28 52 1.3 2.6 3.3 4.1 7.7
Baltimore, MD 218 161 121 153 209 33.6 24.9 18.9 24.3 33.2
Birmingham, AL 24 12 9 22 31 3.6 1.8 1.4 3.3 4.7
Boston, MA 25 18 48 69 54 4.2 3.0 8.0 11.7 9.1
Buffalo, NY 1 4 3 2 5 0.3 1.2 0.9 0.6 1.6
Charlotte, NC 45 29 28 16 39 6.4 4.0 3.8 2.1 5.2
Chicago, IL 292 317 353 267 297 9.5 10.3 11.4 8.7 9.7
Cincinnati, OH 0 2 6 2 18 0.0 0.2 0.7 0.2 2.2
Cleveland, OH 4 3 9 16 19 0.3 0.2 0.7 1.2 1.4
Columbus, OH 40 54 96 106 94 3.7 5.0 8.8 9.7 8.6
Corpus Christi, TX 1 1 2 3 2 0.4 0.4 0.7 1.1 0.7
Dallas, TX 100 121 191 131 141 8.4 10.0 15.8 10.8 11.6
Dayton, OH 5 2 4 0 1 0.9 0.4 0.7 0.0 0.2
Denver, CO 4 15 41 25 41 0.7 2.7 7.3 4.5 7.4
Des Moines, IA 1 1 5 0 2 0.3 0.3 1.3 0.0 0.5
Detroit, MI 274 351 384 179 126 28.8 37.0 40.7 19.1 13.5
El Paso, TX 6 12 12 2 9 1.1 2.1 2.1 0.3 1.5
Fort Worth, TX 22 40 106 52 36 4.1 7.3 18.7 9.0 6.2
Honolulu, HI 1 10 10 14 7 0.1 1.1 1.1 1.6 0.8
Houston, TX 70 103 112 178 192 3.7 5.4 5.6 8.8 9.4
Indianapolis, IN 301 128 36 25 29 35.0 14.8 4.2 2.9 3.4
Jacksonville, FL 24 38 16 21 70 3.1 4.8 2.0 2.6 8.6
Jersey City, NJ 1 5 16 12 26 0.4 2.1 6.6 5.0 10.8
Kansas City, MO 1 5 8 19 22 0.2 1.1 1.8 4.2 4.8
Los Angeles, CA 133 186 359 461 464 1.5 2.1 3.9 5.0 5.0
Louisville, KY 57 19 77 26 33 8.2 2.7 11.0 3.7 4.7
Memphis, TN 246 208 89 76 87 27.4 23.1 9.8 8.4 9.6
Miami, FL 126 185 231 194 213 5.6 8.1 9.9 8.3 9.1
Milwaukee, WI 43 18 16 10 14 4.6 1.9 1.7 1.1 1.5
Minneapolis, MN 9 23 37 21 16 2.3 5.9 9.6 5.4 4.1
Nashville, TN 200 76 26 21 15 35.1 13.3 4.6 3.7 2.6
New Orleans, LA 22 24 9 25 77 4.5 5.0 1.9 5.3 16.4
New York City, NY 117 282 435 531 621 1.5 3.5 5.4 6.6 7.7
Newark, NJ 28 58 63 57 26 9.3 19.2 20.8 18.9 8.6
Norfolk, VA 37 35 13 8 16 15.8 14.9 5.4 3.3 6.6
Oakland, CA 11 23 49 33 41 0.8 1.6 3.3 2.3 2.8
Oklahoma City, OK 82 35 52 48 16 19.2 8.2 12.0 11.0 3.7
Omaha, NE 2 3 2 7 3 0.4 0.6 0.4 1.5 0.6
Philadelphia, PA 67 79 67 98 72 4.4 5.3 4.5 6.6 4.9
Phoenix, AZ 172 148 155 132 106 5.6 4.6 4.7 3.9 3.1
Pittsburgh, PA 3 7 7 17 21 0.2 0.5 0.6 1.3 1.7
Portland, OR 11 9 20 33 18 2.1 1.7 3.7 6.2 3.4
Richmond, VA 5 9 3 5 7 2.5 4.6 1.5 2.6 3.6
Rochester, NY 1 2 4 7 8 0.4 0.8 1.6 2.8 3.2
Sacramento, CA 1 4 11 17 18 0.1 0.3 0.8 1.3 1.4
San Antonio, TX 67 71 45 52 107 5.8 6.1 3.8 4.3 8.8
San Diego, CA 27 27 37 111 138 1.0 0.9 1.3 3.8 4.7
San Francisco, CA 53 139 315 332 345 6.8 17.9 41.2 44.2 45.9
San Jose, CA 2 10 30 56 56 0.1 0.6 1.8 3.3 3.3
Seattle, WA 50 41 50 60 123 2.9 2.3 2.8 3.4 7.0
St Louis, MO 11 15 13 18 47 3.2 4.4 3.8 5.4 14.1
St Paul, MN 2 5 5 6 2 0.7 1.7 1.8 2.1 0.7
St Petersburg, FL 7 11 22 51 37 0.8 1.2 2.4 5.5 4.0
Tampa, FL 20 15 33 43 47 2.0 1.5 3.1 4.0 4.4
Toledo, OH 2 1 12 3 3 0.4 0.2 2.6 0.7 0.7
Tucson, AZ 8 22 28 40 38 0.9 2.5 3.2 4.5 4.3
Tulsa, OK 8 5 7 5 2 2.0 1.3 1.8 1.3 0.5
Washington, DC 37 43 58 48 69 6.5 7.5 10.2 8.5 12.2
Wichita, KS 2 4 3 2 12 0.4 0.9 0.6 0.4 2.6
Yonkers, NY 1 1 2 1 9 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.5 4.5
U.S. CITY TOTAL 3,265 3,525 4,303 4,334 4,778 4.7 5.0 6.1 6.1 6.7
San Juan, PR 68 68 78 88 67 6.7 6.6 7.6 8.6 6.5
TOTAL 3,333 3,593 4,381 4,422 4,845 4.7 5.0 6.1 6.1 6.7

See Appendix (Reporting of City-specific Surveillance Data).

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