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July 2001
Congenital Syphilis - Reported cases and rates by state/area, ranked according to rates: United States and outlying areas, 2000
| Rank | State/Area | Cases | Rate/100,000 Live Births |
| 1 | South Carolina | 24 | 44.5 |
| 2 | Arkansas | 16 | 43.4 |
| 3 | Mississippi | 14 | 32.6 |
| 4 | Arizona | 25 | 32.0 |
| 5 | Tennessee | 24 | 31.0 |
| 6 | Illinois | 50 | 27.4 |
| 7 | Puerto Rico | 16 | 26.5 |
| 8 | Maryland | 16 | 22.2 |
| 9 | Texas | 71 | 20.7 |
| 10 | Florida | 40 | 20.4 |
| 11 | New Jersey | 22 | 19.2 |
| 12 | California | 86 | 16.5 |
| 13 | North Carolina | 18 | 16.1 |
| 14 | New York | 38 | 14.7 |
| 15 | Georgia | 17 | 13.9 |
| U.S. Total | 529 | 13.4 | |
| 16 | Michigan | 16 | 12.0 |
| 17 | Alabama | 7 | 11.3 |
| 18 | Louisiana | 7 | 10.5 |
| 19 | Pennsylvania | 9 | 6.2 |
| 20 | Wisconsin | 4 | 5.9 |
| 21 | Kentucky | 3 | 5.5 |
| 22 | Virginia | 5 | 5.3 |
| 23 | Kansas | 2 | 5.2 |
| 24 | Missouri | 3 | 4.0 |
| 25 | Ohio | 5 | 3.3 |
| 26 | Connecticut | 1 | 2.3 |
| 27 | Utah | 1 | 2.2 |
| 28 | Oklahoma | 1 | 2.0 |
| 29 | Alaska | 0 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Colorado | 0 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Delaware | 0 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Hawaii | 0 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Idaho | 0 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Indiana | 0 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Iowa | 0 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Maine | 0 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Massachusetts | 0 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Minnesota | 0 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Montana | 0 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Nebraska | 0 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Nevada | 0 | 0.0 |
| 42 | New Hampshire | 0 | 0.0 |
| 43 | New Mexico | 0 | 0.0 |
| 44 | North Dakota | 0 | 0.0 |
| 45 | Oregon | 0 | 0.0 |
| 46 | Rhode Island | 0 | 0.0 |
| 47 | South Dakota | 0 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Vermont | 0 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Washington | 0 | 0.0 |
| 50 | West Virginia | 0 | 0.0 |
| 51 | Wyoming | 0 | 0.0 |
| 52 | Guam | 0 | 0.0 |
| 53 | Virgin Islands | 0 | 0.0 |
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