Table 28.    Primary and secondary syphilis — Reported cases and rates in selected cities of >200,000 population, ranked by rates: United States and outlying areas, 2000

Rank        

City         

Cases

       Rate per 100,000 Population

1

Nashville, TN

200

37.7

2

Indianapolis, IN

301

37.1

3

Baltimore, MD

218

34.5

4

Memphis, TN

246

28.2

5

Detroit, MI

274

21.9

6

Oklahoma City, OK

82

20.0

7

Norfolk, VA

37

16.4

8

Atlanta, GA

116

15.6

9

Newark, NJ

28

9.9

10

Chicago, IL

292

9.8

11

Louisville, KY

57

8.5

12

San Francisco, CA

53

7.1

13

Washington, DC

37

7.1

14

Charlotte, NC

45

6.9

15

San Juan, PR

68

6.5

16

Phoenix, AZ

172

6.0

17

Miami, FL

126

5.8

18

San Antonio, TX

67

4.9

19

Dallas, TX

100

4.8

20

New Orleans, LA

22

4.8

21

Philadelphia, PA

67

4.7

22

Milwaukee, WI

43

4.7

23

Boston, MA

25

4.5

24

Columbus, OH

40

3.9

25

Birmingham, AL

24

3.7

26

St Louis, MO

11

3.3

27

Jacksonville, FL

24

3.2

28

Seattle, WA

50

3.0

29

Richmond, VA

5

2.6

30

Minneapolis, MN

9

2.5

31

Houston, TX

70

2.2

32

Portland, OR

11

2.2

33

Tampa, FL

20

2.1

34

Albuquerque, NM

11

2.1

35

Tulsa, OK

8

2.1

36

New York City, NY

117

1.6

37

Fort Worth, TX

22

1.6

38

Los Angeles, CA

133

1.5

39

Austin, TX

8

1.1

40

San Diego, CA

27

1.0

41

Tucson, AZ

8

1.0

42

Oakland, CA

11

0.9

43

El Paso, TX

6

0.9

44

Dayton, OH

5

0.9

45

St Petersburg, FL

7

0.8

46

Denver, CO

4

0.8

47

St Paul, MN

2

0.7

48

Jersey City, NJ

1

0.5

49

Yonkers, NY

1

0.5

50

Wichita, KS

2

0.4

51

Omaha, NE

2

0.4

52

Toledo, OH

2

0.4

53

Rochester, NY

1

0.4

54

Cleveland, OH

4

0.3

55

Des Moines, IA

1

0.3

56

Buffalo, NY

1

0.3

57

Corpus Christi, TX

1

0.3

 

YEAR 2010 OBJECTIVE

 

0.2

58

Pittsburgh, PA

3

0.2

59

Kansas City, MO

1

0.2

60

San Jose, CA

2

0.1

61

Sacramento, CA

1

0.1

62

Honolulu, HI

1

0.1

63

Akron, OH

0

0.0

64

Cincinnati, OH

0

0.0


Page last modified: December 3, 2001
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