Table 25.    Primary and secondary syphilis — Reported cases and rates by state/area and region listed in alphabetical order: United States and outlying areas, 1996–2000

 

Cases

Rates per 100,000 Population

State/Area

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

Alabama

528

410

274

202

123

12.3

9.5

6.3

4.6

2.8

Alaska

0

1

1

1

0

0.0

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.0

Arizona

102

132

185

212

189

2.3

2.9

4.0

4.4

4.0

Arkansas

262

173

108

87

104

10.5

6.9

4.3

3.4

4.1

California

509

386

327

283

325

1.6

1.2

1.0

0.9

1.0

Colorado

26

15

10

8

11

0.7

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.3

Connecticut

103

62

26

16

16

3.2

1.9

0.8

0.5

0.5

Delaware

35

22

21

10

9

4.8

3.0

2.8

1.3

1.2

Florida

368

296

294

343

413

2.6

2.0

2.0

2.3

2.7

Georgia

689

515

333

430

402

9.4

6.9

4.4

5.5

5.2

Hawaii

3

1

4

3

2

0.3

0.1

0.3

0.3

0.2

Idaho

4

1

2

1

1

0.3

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.1

Illinois

501

435

424

422

412

4.2

3.7

3.5

3.5

3.4

Indiana

207

151

215

450

351

3.6

2.6

3.6

7.6

5.9

Iowa

23

7

5

9

11

0.8

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.4

Kansas

28

32

14

14

6

1.1

1.2

0.5

0.5

0.2

Kentucky

154

135

106

101

85

4.0

3.5

2.7

2.5

2.1

Louisiana

533

364

430

306

209

12.3

8.4

9.8

7.0

4.8

Maine

1

2

1

0

1

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.1

Maryland

729

891

648

343

300

14.4

17.5

12.6

6.6

5.8

Massachusetts

85

78

46

37

68

1.4

1.3

0.7

0.6

1.1

Michigan

183

153

211

249

330

1.9

1.6

2.1

2.5

3.3

Minnesota

16

16

9

10

16

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.3

Mississippi

817

390

261

194

137

30.1

14.3

9.5

7.0

4.9

Missouri

221

118

109

96

29

4.1

2.2

2.0

1.8

0.5

Montana

0

0

0

1

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

Nebraska

6

3

8

6

2

0.4

0.2

0.5

0.4

0.1

Nevada

20

11

15

5

5

1.2

0.7

0.9

0.3

0.3

New Hampshire

1

0

2

1

2

0.1

0.0

0.2

0.1

0.2

New Jersey

177

150

107

68

71

2.2

1.9

1.3

0.8

0.9

New Mexico

3

9

14

12

16

0.2

0.5

0.8

0.7

0.9

New York

214

138

119

150

132

1.2

0.8

0.7

0.8

0.7

North Carolina

1,052

721

723

464

483

14.4

9.7

9.6

6.1

6.3

North Dakota

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Ohio

584

218

134

92

69

5.2

1.9

1.2

0.8

0.6

Oklahoma

179

117

98

187

116

5.4

3.5

2.9

5.6

3.5

Oregon

9

10

6

8

12

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.4

Pennsylvania

164

123

98

84

77

1.4

1.0

0.8

0.7

0.6

Rhode Island

4

2

1

3

4

0.4

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.4

South Carolina

402

378

271

269

229

10.8

10.1

7.1

6.9

5.9

South Dakota

0

1

1

0

0

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

Tennessee

850

747

567

641

532

16.0

13.9

10.4

11.7

9.7

Texas

890

676

443

473

396

4.7

3.5

2.2

2.4

2.0

Utah

3

5

4

2

2

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.1

Vermont

0

0

4

3

0

0.0

0.0

0.7

0.5

0.0

Virginia

393

237

149

153

126

5.9

3.5

2.2

2.2

1.8

Washington

9

17

44

77

66

0.2

0.3

0.8

1.3

1.1

West Virginia

7

1

3

5

3

0.4

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.2

Wisconsin

176

89

78

41

48

3.4

1.7

1.5

0.8

0.9

Wyoming

2

0

1

0

1

0.4

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.2

U.S. TOTAL1

11,388

8,556

7,035

6,617

5,979

4.3

3.2

2.6

2.4

2.2

Northeast

749

555

404

362

371

1.5

1.1

0.8

0.7

0.7

Midwest

1,945

1,223

1,208

1,389

1,274

3.1

2.0

1.9

2.2

2.0

South

8,004

6,190

4,810

4,253

3,704

8.6

6.6

5.0

4.4

3.8

West

690

588

613

613

630

1.2

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

Guam

0

0

0

2

1

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.2

0.6

Puerto Rico

208

249

177

146

175

5.6

6.5

4.6

3.8

4.5

Virgin Islands

11

2

7

1

3

10.0

1.8

6.4

0.9

2.7

OUTLYING AREAS

219

251

184

149

179

5.5

6.1

4.5

3.6

4.3

TOTAL

11,607

8,807

7,219

6,766

6,158

4.3

3.2

2.6

2.4

2.2

1Includes cases reported by Washington, D.C.


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