Table 27.    Primary and secondary syphilis — Men – 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

284

227

141

100

60

13.8

10.9

6.8

4.8

2.9

Alaska

0

1

1

1

0

0.0

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.0

Arizona

59

95

118

147

109

2.7

4.2

5.1

6.2

4.6

Arkansas

118

70

49

43

46

9.7

5.7

4.0

3.5

3.7

California

322

270

195

206

272

2.0

1.7

1.2

1.2

1.6

Colorado

16

10

7

2

10

0.8

0.5

0.4

0.1

0.5

Connecticut

45

37

10

10

9

2.8

2.3

0.6

0.6

0.6

Delaware

21

12

10

9

8

6.0

3.4

2.8

2.5

2.2

Florida

196

165

178

199

250

2.8

2.3

2.5

2.7

3.4

Georgia

405

321

203

269

243

11.3

8.8

5.5

7.1

6.4

Hawaii

2

1

4

1

1

0.3

0.2

0.7

0.2

0.2

Idaho

1

1

2

1

1

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.2

Illinois

255

241

253

242

231

4.4

4.1

4.3

4.1

3.9

Indiana

92

69

102

225

155

3.2

2.4

3.6

7.8

5.4

Iowa

7

3

5

3

5

0.5

0.2

0.4

0.2

0.4

Kansas

18

20

8

6

5

1.4

1.6

0.6

0.5

0.4

Kentucky

73

69

57

56

43

3.9

3.6

3.0

2.9

2.2

Louisiana

262

177

234

153

112

12.5

8.4

11.1

7.3

5.3

Maine

1

1

1

0

1

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.0

0.2

Maryland

400

490

346

179

185

16.2

19.8

13.9

7.1

7.4

Massachusetts

55

45

31

22

49

1.9

1.5

1.0

0.7

1.6

Michigan

101

85

125

154

189

2.1

1.8

2.6

3.2

3.9

Minnesota

8

12

5

5

11

0.3

0.5

0.2

0.2

0.5

Mississippi

390

189

131

101

67

30.0

14.4

9.9

7.6

5.1

Missouri

118

55

59

47

18

4.5

2.1

2.2

1.8

0.7

Montana

0

0

0

1

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.0

Nebraska

2

3

5

3

1

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.4

0.1

Nevada

10

5

12

2

3

1.2

0.6

1.3

0.2

0.3

New Hampshire

1

0

1

0

2

0.2

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.3

New Jersey

96

91

70

36

48

2.5

2.3

1.8

0.9

1.2

New Mexico

2

4

6

9

11

0.2

0.5

0.7

1.1

1.3

New York

122

82

91

116

120

1.4

0.9

1.0

1.3

1.4

North Carolina

568

368

376

262

249

16.0

10.2

10.3

7.1

6.7

North Dakota

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Ohio

297

117

62

49

43

5.5

2.2

1.1

0.9

0.8

Oklahoma

99

64

53

110

62

6.1

3.9

3.2

6.7

3.8

Oregon

6

8

4

3

8

0.4

0.5

0.2

0.2

0.5

Pennsylvania

102

71

67

57

47

1.8

1.2

1.2

1.0

0.8

Rhode Island

3

1

0

2

2

0.6

0.2

0.0

0.4

0.4

South Carolina

220

205

140

152

133

12.3

11.3

7.6

8.1

7.1

South Dakota

0

1

0

0

0

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

Tennessee

428

377

283

358

285

16.7

14.5

10.8

13.5

10.8

Texas

453

361

260

289

244

4.8

3.8

2.7

2.9

2.5

Utah

3

3

4

2

1

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.2

0.1

Vermont

0

0

3

1

0

0.0

0.0

1.0

0.3

0.0

Virginia

189

125

88

82

82

5.8

3.8

2.7

2.4

2.4

Washington

7

9

37

74

58

0.3

0.3

1.3

2.6

2.0

West Virginia

1

0

1

2

2

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.2

Wisconsin

91

40

38

23

24

3.6

1.6

1.5

0.9

0.9

Wyoming

1

0

1

0

0

0.4

0.0

0.4

0.0

0.0

U.S. TOTAL1

6,009

4,660

3,924

3,835

3,532

4.6

3.6

3.0

2.9

2.7

Guam

0

0

0

2

1

0.0

0.0

0.0

2.3

1.2

Puerto Rico

108

133

96

73

99

6.0

7.2

5.2

3.9

5.3

Virgin Islands

6

2

6

0

1

11.4

3.8

11.3

0.0

1.6

OUTLYING AREAS

114

135

102

75

101

5.9

6.8

5.1

3.7

5.0

TOTAL

6,123

4,795

4,026

3,910

3,633

4.7

3.6

3.0

2.9

2.7

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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