Table 26.    Primary and secondary syphilis — Women – Reported cases and rates by state/area 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

244

183

133

102

63

11.0

8.2

5.9

4.5

2.8

Alaska

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Arizona

43

37

67

65

80

1.9

1.6

2.8

2.7

3.3

Arkansas

144

103

59

44

58

11.1

7.9

4.5

3.3

4.4

California

187

116

132

76

51

1.2

0.7

0.8

0.5

0.3

Colorado

10

5

3

6

1

0.5

0.3

0.1

0.3

0.0

Connecticut

58

25

16

6

7

3.5

1.5

0.9

0.4

0.4

Delaware

14

10

11

1

1

3.8

2.7

2.9

0.3

0.3

Florida

172

131

116

143

163

2.3

1.7

1.5

1.8

2.1

Georgia

284

194

130

160

159

7.6

5.1

3.3

4.0

4.0

Hawaii

1

0

0

2

1

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.2

Idaho

3

0

0

0

0

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Illinois

246

194

171

180

181

4.1

3.2

2.8

2.9

2.9

Indiana

115

82

113

225

196

3.8

2.7

3.7

7.4

6.4

Iowa

16

4

0

6

6

1.1

0.3

0.0

0.4

0.4

Kansas

10

12

6

8

1

0.8

0.9

0.4

0.6

0.1

Kentucky

81

66

49

45

42

4.1

3.3

2.4

2.2

2.1

Louisiana

271

187

196

153

97

12.0

8.3

8.6

6.7

4.3

Maine

0

1

0

0

0

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

Maryland

329

400

302

164

115

12.7

15.3

11.4

6.2

4.3

Massachusetts

30

33

15

15

19

1.0

1.0

0.5

0.5

0.6

Michigan

82

68

86

95

141

1.6

1.4

1.7

1.9

2.8

Minnesota

8

4

4

5

5

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

Mississippi

427

201

128

93

70

30.3

14.2

8.9

6.4

4.9

Missouri

103

63

50

49

11

3.7

2.3

1.8

1.7

0.4

Montana

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Nebraska

4

0

3

3

1

0.5

0.0

0.4

0.4

0.1

Nevada

10

6

3

3

2

1.3

0.7

0.3

0.3

0.2

New Hampshire

0

0

1

1

0

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.2

0.0

New Jersey

81

59

37

32

23

2.0

1.4

0.9

0.8

0.5

New Mexico

1

5

8

3

5

0.1

0.6

0.9

0.3

0.6

New York

92

56

28

34

12

1.0

0.6

0.3

0.4

0.1

North Carolina

484

353

347

202

234

12.9

9.3

8.9

5.1

5.9

North Dakota

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Ohio

287

101

72

43

26

5.0

1.8

1.2

0.7

0.4

Oklahoma

80

53

45

77

54

4.8

3.1

2.6

4.5

3.1

Oregon

3

2

2

5

4

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.2

Pennsylvania

62

52

31

27

30

1.0

0.8

0.5

0.4

0.5

Rhode Island

1

1

1

1

2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.4

South Carolina

182

173

131

117

96

9.5

8.9

6.6

5.8

4.8

South Dakota

0

0

1

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.0

Tennessee

422

370

284

283

247

15.4

13.3

10.1

10.0

8.7

Texas

437

315

183

182

152

4.5

3.2

1.8

1.8

1.5

Utah

0

2

0

0

1

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.1

Vermont

0

0

1

2

0

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.7

0.0

Virginia

204

112

61

71

44

6.0

3.3

1.8

2.0

1.3

Washington

2

8

7

3

8

0.1

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.3

West Virginia

6

1

2

3

1

0.6

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.1

Wisconsin

85

49

40

18

24

3.3

1.9

1.5

0.7

0.9

Wyoming

1

0

0

0

1

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.4

U.S. TOTAL1

5,379

3,895

3,109

2,777

2,445

4.0

2.9

2.2

2.0

1.8

Guam

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Puerto Rico

100

116

81

73

76

5.2

5.8

4.0

3.6

3.8

Virgin Islands

5

0

1

1

2

8.8

0.0

1.7

1.9

3.9

OUTLYING AREAS

105

116

82

74

78

5.1

5.5

3.8

3.4

3.6

TOTAL

5,484

4,011

3,191

2,851

2,523

4.0

2.9

2.3

2.0

1.8

1Includes cases reported by Washington, D.C.

NOTE: Cases and rates underestimated in some areas because of under-reporting or non-reporting by gender.


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