Table 29.    Primary and secondary 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

0

4

3

0

0

0.0

0.8

0.6

0.0

0.0

Albuquerque, NM

2

9

11

11

11

0.4

1.7

2.1

2.1

2.1

Atlanta, GA

247

204

163

213

116

34.6

28.2

22.0

28.6

15.6

Austin, TX

9

8

15

19

8

1.3

1.2

2.1

2.6

1.1

Baltimore, MD

553

669

466

246

218

82.3

101.8

72.2

38.9

34.5

Birmingham, AL

202

107

36

24

24

30.6

16.2

5.5

3.7

3.7

Boston, MA

42

52

23

16

25

7.5

9.3

4.1

2.9

4.5

Buffalo, NY

6

2

4

1

1

1.9

0.6

1.3

0.3

0.3

Charlotte, NC

135

48

69

53

45

22.6

7.8

10.9

8.2

6.9

Chicago, IL

343

346

338

282

292

11.7

11.9

11.3

9.5

9.8

Cincinnati, OH

76

34

12

1

0

8.9

4.0

1.4

0.1

0.0

Cleveland, OH

130

61

30

12

4

9.3

4.4

2.2

0.9

0.3

Columbus, OH

54

54

55

43

40

5.3

5.3

5.4

4.2

3.9

Corpus Christi, TX

0

2

0

1

1

0.0

0.6

0.0

0.3

0.3

Dallas, TX

236

148

126

151

100

11.8

7.3

6.1

7.3

4.8

Dayton, OH

201

28

6

2

5

35.5

5.0

1.1

0.4

0.9

Denver, CO

11

8

3

4

4

2.2

1.6

0.6

0.8

0.8

Des Moines, IA

6

0

3

0

1

1.7

0.0

0.8

0.0

0.3

Detroit, MI

92

94

152

189

274

8.4

8.6

12.1

15.1

21.9

El Paso, TX

10

3

2

9

6

1.5

0.4

0.3

1.3

0.9

Fort Worth, TX

95

39

26

22

22

7.3

2.9

1.9

1.6

1.6

Honolulu, HI

3

1

4

3

1

0.3

0.1

0.5

0.3

0.1

Houston, TX

151

180

99

77

70

4.8

5.7

3.1

2.4

2.2

Indianapolis, IN

85

71

165

407

301

10.4

8.7

20.3

50.2

37.1

Jacksonville, FL

75

36

16

7

24

10.3

4.9

2.2

0.9

3.2

Jersey City, NJ

10

9

1

3

1

4.6

4.1

0.5

1.4

0.5

Kansas City, MO

7

2

6

8

1

1.6

0.4

1.3

1.8

0.2

Los Angeles, CA

213

108

120

83

133

2.5

1.3

1.4

1.0

1.5

Louisville, KY

104

107

91

67

57

15.5

16.0

13.5

10.0

8.5

Memphis, TN

397

343

260

258

246

45.9

39.6

29.9

29.6

28.2

Miami, FL

38

49

31

82

126

1.9

2.4

1.4

3.8

5.8

Milwaukee, WI

158

84

71

39

43

17.2

9.2

7.8

4.3

4.7

Minneapolis, MN

4

12

4

6

9

1.0

3.1

1.1

1.6

2.5

Nashville, TN

193

203

210

250

200

36.2

38.0

39.3

47.2

37.7

New Orleans, LA

169

132

105

51

22

35.6

28.1

22.6

11.1

4.8

New York City, NY

138

97

81

130

117

1.9

1.3

1.1

1.8

1.6

Newark, NJ

25

26

27

22

28

8.8

9.1

9.5

7.8

9.9

Norfolk, VA

92

44

33

20

37

39.5

19.2

15.3

8.9

16.4

Oakland, CA

10

7

11

10

11

0.8

0.6

0.9

0.8

0.9

Oklahoma City, OK

114

39

61

114

82

26.0

8.9

15.0

27.8

20.0

Omaha, NE

2

1

4

5

2

0.5

0.2

0.9

1.1

0.4

Philadelphia, PA

141

108

89

69

67

9.6

7.4

6.2

4.9

4.7

Phoenix, AZ

89

118

173

195

172

3.4

4.4

6.2

6.8

6.0

Pittsburgh, PA

2

5

0

2

3

0.2

0.4

0.0

0.2

0.2

Portland, OR

7

3

4

5

11

1.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

2.2

Richmond, VA

66

49

22

13

5

34.6

25.5

11.3

6.9

2.6

Rochester, NY

13

2

7

0

1

5.4

0.8

2.9

0.0

0.4

Sacramento, CA

6

4

1

2

1

0.5

0.4

0.1

0.2

0.1

San Antonio, TX

25

27

26

31

67

1.9

2.0

1.9

2.3

4.9

San Diego, CA

36

23

24

25

27

1.3

0.8

0.9

0.9

1.0

San Francisco, CA

33

52

25

29

53

4.5

7.1

3.4

3.9

7.1

San Jose, CA

3

5

3

3

2

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.1

Seattle, WA

1

11

33

65

50

0.1

0.7

2.0

3.9

3.0

St Louis, MO

142

64

58

51

11

40.7

18.7

17.1

15.3

3.3

St Paul, MN

3

0

3

2

2

1.1

0.0

1.1

0.7

0.7

St Petersburg, FL

8

11

8

4

7

0.9

1.3

0.9

0.5

0.8

Tampa, FL

44

34

32

15

20

4.9

3.7

3.5

1.6

2.1

Toledo, OH

30

6

8

6

2

6.6

1.3

1.8

1.3

0.4

Tucson, AZ

10

12

7

8

8

1.3

1.5

0.9

1.0

1.0

Tulsa, OK

40

8

14

45

8

10.5

2.1

3.7

11.7

2.1

Washington, DC

116

117

81

45

37

21.5

22.1

15.5

8.7

7.1

Wichita, KS

15

16

3

7

2

3.5

3.6

0.7

1.5

0.4

Yonkers, NY

0

2

1

1

1

0.0

1.0

0.5

0.5

0.5

U.S. CITY TOTAL

5,268

4,148

3,565

3,564

3,265

7.6

6.0

5.1

5.0

4.6

San Juan, PR

74

99

79

61

68

8.5

11.4

7.5

5.8

6.5

TOTAL

5,342

4,247

3,644

3,625

3,333

7.6

6.0

5.1

5.0

4.6


Page last modified: December 3, 2001
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