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Table 6B    Primary and Secondary Syphilis—Rates per 100,000 Population by Race/Ethnicity and Sex: United States, 1984-2004

Year American Indian/Alaska Native, Non-Hispanic White, Non-Hispanic Black, Non-Hispanic
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
                   
1984 11.7 6.9 9.3 6.5 1.2 3.8 78.1 38.0 57.0
1985 14.9 8.9 11.8 5.6 1.4 3.5 73.0 35.2 53.0
1986 8.3 6.8 7.5 4.4 1.4 2.9 85.1 44.5 63.6
1987 6.8 5.8 6.3 3.8 1.7 2.8 111.1 63.4 85.9
1988 3.8 4.1 4.0 3.3 1.8 2.5 130.9 82.6 105.4
1989 4.4 3.5 3.9 3.3 2.0 2.6 154.0 102.0 126.5
1990 5.7 6.3 6.0 3.3 2.0 2.6 166.0 122.1 142.8
1991 3.2 4.3 3.7 2.4 1.6 2.0 138.0 106.0 121.1
1992 2.7 2.2 2.5 1.7 1.3 1.5 104.2 85.8 94.5
1993 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.3 1.1 1.2 79.9 66.2 72.7
1994 2.0 2.5 2.2 1.0 0.9 1.0 60.6 52.0 56.1
1995 2.4 2.3 2.3 0.8 0.7 0.8 48.5 39.3 43.7
1996 2.1 1.9 2.0 0.6 0.6 0.6 32.1 26.4 29.1
1997 2.1 1.7 1.9 0.5 0.5 0.5 23.8 18.4 20.9
1998 2.6 2.5 2.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 18.6 14.1 16.2
1999 1.7 3.1 2.4 0.6 0.4 0.5 16.9 11.9 14.3
2000 2.2 2.2 2.2 0.7 0.4 0.5 14.2 10.1 12.0
2001 4.2 3.4 3.8 1.2 0.2 0.7 13.5 8.2 10.7
2002 2.3 1.9 2.1 2.2 0.2 1.2 13.0 6.3 9.5
2003 4.2 1.5 2.8 2.8 0.2 1.5 11.5 4.2 7.7
2004 3.5 2.9 3.2 3.1 0.3 1.6 14.1 4.3 9.0

Table 6b continues below.

Year Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic Total U.S. (Unadjusted)
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
                   
1984 34.2 8.5 21.6 4.8 1.4 3.0 17.9 6.8 12.1
1985 32.3 9.3 21.0 3.3 1.0 2.1 16.4 6.7 11.4
1986 35.6 9.8 22.9 3.1 0.7 1.9 16.1 7.2 11.5
1987 37.6 12.1 25.1 2.9 1.0 1.9 19.3 10.3 14.7
1988 30.9 12.5 21.9 2.2 1.0 1.6 20.7 12.6 16.6
1989 24.8 10.1 17.6 2.7 1.0 1.8 22.5 14.8 18.6
1990 20.3 9.8 15.2 2.2 1.0 1.6 23.4 17.3 20.3
1991 15.0 8.8 11.9 1.9 1.2 1.5 19.1 14.9 17.0
1992 9.5 6.5 8.0 1.7 1.0 1.3 14.4 12.1 13.3
1993 7.0 3.6 5.3 1.4 0.6 1.0 11.1 8.4 10.2
1994 4.0 2.2 3.1 1.1 0.6 0.8 8.3 7.4 7.8
1995 3.0 2.0 2.5 0.4 0.8 0.6 6.7 5.7 6.2
1996 2.3 1.2 1.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 4.6 3.9 4.2
1997 2.0 1.0 1.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 3.5 2.8 3.1
1998 1.9 0.9 1.4 0.5 0.2 0.3 2.9 2.2 2.5
1999 2.3 0.8 1.6 0.6 0.2 0.4 2.8 2.0 2.4
2000 2.2 0.9 1.6 0.5 0.1 0.3 2.6 1.7 2.1
2001 3.2 0.8 2.0 0.9 0.1 0.5 3.0 1.4 2.1
2002 4.1 0.8 2.5 1.4 0.2 0.8 3.7 1.1 2.4
2003 4.9 0.8 2.9 1.9 0.1 1.0 4.2 0.8 2.5
2004 5.5 0.7 3.2 2.3 0.2 1.2 4.7 0.8 2.7

Data source: STDSS Age-Race/Ethnicity-Sex files with exclusions and re-distributions (race/ethnicity rates) and unadjusted STDSS Morbidity file (Total U.S.)

STD link: 2004 CDC STD Surveillance Report, Table 34B (rates by race/ethnicity group) and Tables 1, 26-28 (Total U.S.)


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