2011 Sexually Transmitted Diseases Surveillance

Table 25. Primary and Secondary Syphilis - Reported Cases and Rates by State, Ranked by Rates, United States, 2011

Rank*	State	Cases	Rate per 100,000 Population
1	Louisiana	447	9.9
2	Maryland	452	7.8
3	Georgia	678	7.0
4	Illinois	881	6.9
5	Florida	1,257	6.7
6	California	2,443	6.6
7	Mississippi	191	6.4
8	Arkansas	182	6.2
9	New York	1,083	5.6
10	Nevada	136	5.0
11	Washington	328	4.9
12	South Carolina	221	4.8
13	Alabama	228	4.8
14	Texas	1,169	4.6
	U.S. TOTAL†	13,970	4.5
15	North Carolina	431	4.5
16	Tennessee	278	4.4
17	Rhode Island	46	4.4
18	Arizona	274	4.3
19	Massachusetts	266	4.1
20	Ohio	440	3.8
21	New Mexico	71	3.4
22	Delaware	27	3.0
23	Kentucky	129	3.0
24	Pennsylvania	373	2.9
25	Michigan	286	2.9
26	Indiana	173	2.7
27	Virginia	213	2.7
28	Colorado	133	2.6
29	New Jersey	232	2.6
30	Minnesota	139	2.6
31	Oregon	97	2.5
32	Missouri	136	2.3
33	Oklahoma	84	2.2
34	Connecticut	65	1.8
35	Vermont	9	1.4
36	New Hampshire	18	1.4
37	Wisconsin	65	1.1
38	Hawaii	14	1.0
39	Maine	12	0.9
40	Kansas	24	0.8
41	Idaho	13	0.8
42	Montana	7	0.7
43	Alaska	5	0.7
44	Iowa	20	0.7
45	Nebraska	10	0.5
46	Utah	14	0.5
47	West Virginia	4	0.2
48	North Dakota	1	0.1
	South Dakota	0	0.0
	Wyoming	0	0.0

* States were ranked by rate, then case count, with rates shown rounded to the nearest tenth.

† Total includes cases reported by the District of Columbia with 165 cases and a rate of 27.4, but excludes outlying areas (Guam with 5 cases and rate of 2.8, Puerto Rico with 254 cases and rate of 6.8, and Virgin Islands with 0 cases and rate of 0.0).

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