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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