Table 22.    All stages of syphilis — Reported cases and rates in selected cities of >200,000 population listed in alphabetical order: United States and outlying areas, 1996–2000

 

Cases

Rates per 100,000 Population

City

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

Akron, OH

8

4

7

6

2

1.5

0.8

1.3

1.1

0.4

Albuquerque, NM

33

56

45

50

63

6.3

10.6

8.6

9.6

12.0

Atlanta, GA

835

872

591

580

384

116.9

120.7

79.9

77.9

51.6

Austin, TX

88

98

56

62

59

12.9

14.1

7.9

8.5

8.1

Baltimore, MD

1,552

1,781

1,472

941

728

231.0

271.0

228.0

148.7

115.1

Birmingham, AL

703

474

246

278

212

106.4

72.0

37.3

42.3

32.2

Boston, MA

257

305

240

164

160

46.1

54.7

43.1

29.5

28.8

Buffalo, NY

22

23

12

6

10

6.8

7.2

3.8

1.9

3.2

Charlotte, NC

312

153

211

194

151

52.3

24.9

33.4

29.9

23.3

Chicago, IL

1,254

1,314

1,457

1,324

1,100

43.0

45.1

48.9

44.4

36.9

Cincinnati, OH

166

93

32

12

14

19.4

10.9

3.8

1.4

1.7

Cleveland, OH

377

250

151

88

42

27.0

18.0

10.9

6.4

3.1

Columbus, OH

89

117

115

109

90

8.8

11.5

11.3

10.6

8.8

Corpus Christi, TX

29

22

27

20

10

9.2

6.9

8.5

6.3

3.2

Dallas, TX

790

717

736

695

587

39.6

35.4

35.9

33.7

28.5

Dayton, OH

367

126

39

16

17

64.9

22.4

7.0

2.8

3.0

Denver, CO

67

72

35

46

23

13.5

14.4

7.0

9.2

4.6

Des Moines, IA

34

26

20

7

18

9.6

7.3

5.6

1.9

4.9

Detroit, MI

522

548

477

569

756

47.7

50.3

37.8

45.4

60.3

El Paso, TX

118

112

81

79

92

17.2

16.0

11.5

11.3

13.1

Fort Worth, TX

379

299

175

177

191

29.2

22.5

12.9

12.8

13.8

Honolulu, HI

26

42

18

8

15

3.0

4.8

2.1

0.9

1.7

Houston, TX

2,047

1,937

1,401

1,111

849

65.7

61.3

43.7

34.2

26.1

Indianapolis, IN

186

125

239

553

518

22.8

15.4

29.4

68.2

63.9

Jacksonville, FL

228

206

154

74

125

31.4

28.1

20.9

10.0

16.9

Jersey City, NJ

96

85

34

42

27

44.2

39.0

15.4

19.2

12.4

Kansas City, MO

38

13

14

66

46

8.5

2.9

3.1

14.6

10.2

Los Angeles, CA

2,193

1,630

1,264

1,189

1,857

25.8

19.0

14.7

13.6

21.3

Louisville, KY

227

232

213

174

149

33.8

34.6

31.7

25.9

22.1

Memphis, TN

1,371

1,435

1,036

927

881

158.5

165.7

119.2

106.2

100.9

Miami, FL

876

874

773

795

829

43.0

42.7

35.9

36.5

38.1

Milwaukee, WI

397

275

233

166

151

43.2

30.3

25.6

18.3

16.7

Minneapolis, MN

52

53

34

28

34

13.6

13.8

9.3

7.6

9.3

Nashville, TN

293

412

416

505

523

55.0

77.2

77.9

95.3

98.7

New Orleans, LA

520

463

348

228

124

109.7

98.7

74.8

49.5

26.9

New York City, NY

5,801

4,961

4,652

3,736

2,711

79.1

67.6

62.7

50.3

36.5

Newark, NJ

363

241

191

172

264

127.1

84.7

67.2

60.7

93.2

Norfolk, VA

222

158

108

84

84

95.4

68.9

50.2

37.2

37.2

Oakland, CA

139

128

129

127

91

11.2

10.2

10.1

9.8

7.0

Oklahoma City, OK

227

110

181

300

193

51.7

25.0

44.4

73.2

47.1

Omaha, NE

7

17

26

10

6

1.6

3.9

5.9

2.2

1.3

Philadelphia, PA

1,293

1,093

804

825

618

87.8

75.3

56.0

58.2

43.6

Phoenix, AZ

342

473

572

722

736

13.1

17.5

20.5

25.2

25.7

Pittsburgh, PA

16

21

12

7

7

1.2

1.6

0.9

0.6

0.6

Portland, OR

45

23

17

19

30

9.2

4.7

3.4

3.8

6.0

Richmond, VA

171

137

81

64

40

89.5

71.2

41.7

33.7

21.1

Rochester, NY

68

32

39

16

7

28.1

13.3

16.2

6.7

2.9

Sacramento, CA

58

55

31

20

25

5.2

4.9

2.7

1.7

2.1

San Antonio, TX

378

309

237

228

287

28.8

23.2

17.5

16.6

20.9

San Diego, CA

227

259

187

251

232

8.5

9.5

6.7

8.9

8.2

San Francisco, CA

151

171

129

128

163

20.7

23.4

17.3

17.1

21.8

San Jose, CA

70

93

62

56

43

4.4

5.8

3.8

3.4

2.6

Seattle, WA

61

62

69

123

116

3.8

3.8

4.2

7.4

7.0

St Louis, MO

329

261

170

165

115

94.2

76.3

50.1

49.4

34.4

St Paul, MN

17

8

10

6

9

6.2

2.9

3.7

2.2

3.3

St Petersburg, FL

86

79

56

38

64

9.9

9.1

6.4

4.3

7.3

Tampa, FL

314

207

177

111

131

35.1

22.8

19.1

11.8

13.9

Toledo, OH

63

25

23

21

18

13.9

5.5

5.1

4.7

4.0

Tucson, AZ

61

52

36

42

36

7.9

6.7

4.6

5.2

4.5

Tulsa, OK

109

36

75

109

32

28.6

9.3

19.7

28.4

8.3

Washington, DC

626

644

579

458

516

116.1

121.7

110.7

88.2

99.4

Wichita, KS

58

85

21

34

10

13.4

19.4

4.7

7.5

2.2

Yonkers, NY

33

34

22

12

10

17.2

17.6

11.4

6.2

5.1

U.S. CITY TOTAL

27,887

25,018

21,098

19,173

17,431

40.3

35.9

29.9

27.0

24.6

San Juan, PR

722

719

673

682

545

82.8

82.4

64.3

64.8

51.8

TOTAL

28,609

25,737

21,771

19,855

17,976

40.8

36.5

30.4

27.6

25.0


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