Table 31.    Primary and secondary syphilis — Men – 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

2

2

0

0

0.0

0.8

0.8

0.0

0.0

Albuquerque, NM

1

4

5

8

8

0.4

1.6

2.0

3.1

3.1

Atlanta, GA

161

137

101

128

79

47.1

39.6

28.6

36.0

22.2

Austin, TX

3

5

9

16

6

0.9

1.4

2.5

4.4

1.7

Baltimore, MD

313

359

244

134

126

100.1

117.4

81.0

45.4

42.7

Birmingham, AL

121

64

21

14

9

39.1

20.8

6.8

4.6

2.9

Boston, MA

28

33

18

11

20

10.4

12.3

6.7

4.1

7.5

Buffalo, NY

5

1

3

1

0

3.2

0.7

2.0

0.7

0.0

Charlotte, NC

71

30

33

35

21

24.7

10.1

10.9

11.2

6.7

Chicago, IL

174

201

206

166

163

12.4

14.3

14.4

11.6

11.4

Cincinnati, OH

37

21

4

1

0

9.1

5.2

1.0

0.3

0.0

Cleveland, OH

69

34

15

9

2

10.5

5.2

2.3

1.4

0.3

Columbus, OH

27

24

23

22

26

5.5

4.9

4.7

4.4

5.3

Corpus Christi, TX

0

2

0

0

0

0.0

1.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

Dallas, TX

123

82

80

94

64

12.5

8.2

7.9

9.3

6.3

Dayton, OH

105

13

3

2

4

38.7

4.8

1.1

0.7

1.5

Denver, CO

5

5

1

1

4

2.1

2.1

0.4

0.4

1.6

Des Moines, IA

1

0

3

0

0

0.6

0.0

1.7

0.0

0.0

Detroit, MI

52

49

85

115

153

10.0

9.5

14.2

19.4

25.8

El Paso, TX

7

3

2

7

5

2.1

0.9

0.6

2.1

1.5

Fort Worth, TX

54

27

17

18

15

8.4

4.1

2.5

2.6

2.2

Honolulu, HI

2

1

4

1

1

0.5

0.2

0.9

0.2

0.2

Houston, TX

67

96

55

47

43

4.3

6.1

3.5

2.9

2.7

Indianapolis, IN

37

35

78

203

131

9.5

9.0

20.2

52.7

34.0

Jacksonville, FL

37

24

8

4

13

10.5

6.8

2.2

1.1

3.6

Jersey City, NJ

7

4

1

3

0

6.6

3.8

0.9

2.8

0.0

Kansas City, MO

5

1

4

3

1

2.4

0.5

1.9

1.4

0.5

Los Angeles, CA

127

76

70

57

112

3.0

1.8

1.6

1.3

2.6

Louisville, KY

47

56

46

37

31

14.8

17.6

14.5

11.6

9.8

Memphis, TN

198

178

126

132

123

48.0

43.1

30.5

31.8

29.6

Miami, FL

24

33

20

58

86

2.5

3.4

1.9

5.6

8.3

Milwaukee, WI

82

38

36

22

22

18.8

8.8

8.3

5.1

5.1

Minneapolis, MN

2

9

2

3

6

1.1

4.8

1.1

1.7

3.4

Nashville, TN

96

106

117

148

117

37.8

41.7

46.2

58.9

46.5

New Orleans, LA

99

75

64

27

14

45.0

34.5

29.7

12.6

6.6

New York City, NY

77

60

63

102

107

2.2

1.7

1.8

2.9

3.1

Newark, NJ

11

14

13

12

19

8.1

10.4

9.7

8.9

14.2

Norfolk, VA

41

19

20

13

23

34.3

16.1

18.9

11.2

19.7

Oakland, CA

7

7

6

8

8

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.3

1.3

Oklahoma City, OK

63

24

35

72

43

29.8

11.3

17.9

36.6

21.8

Omaha, NE

1

1

3

3

1

0.5

0.5

1.4

1.4

0.5

Philadelphia, PA

90

65

59

48

42

13.2

9.6

8.9

7.3

6.4

Phoenix, AZ

54

87

109

133

97

4.2

6.5

7.9

9.4

6.9

Pittsburgh, PA

2

1

0

2

1

0.3

0.2

0.0

0.3

0.2

Portland, OR

4

2

3

2

7

1.7

0.8

1.2

0.8

2.9

Richmond, VA

35

28

14

6

3

40.4

32.1

16.0

7.0

3.5

Rochester, NY

7

1

3

0

1

6.0

0.9

2.6

0.0

0.9

Sacramento, CA

4

2

1

1

0

0.7

0.4

0.2

0.2

0.0

San Antonio, TX

9

15

18

20

44

1.4

2.3

2.8

3.0

6.6

San Diego, CA

25

18

17

19

21

1.9

1.3

1.2

1.3

1.5

San Francisco, CA

30

44

21

28

48

8.3

12.2

5.7

7.6

13.0

San Jose, CA

3

5

2

3

2

0.4

0.6

0.2

0.4

0.2

Seattle, WA

1

5

32

63

46

0.1

0.6

3.9

7.7

5.6

St Louis, MO

76

28

33

23

8

47.7

17.9

21.2

15.0

5.2

St Paul, MN

3

0

1

1

1

2.3

0.0

0.8

0.8

0.8

St Petersburg, FL

6

4

4

2

4

1.5

1.0

1.0

0.5

1.0

Tampa, FL

22

13

12

8

10

5.0

2.9

2.7

1.7

2.2

Toledo, OH

13

3

4

1

2

6.0

1.4

1.9

0.5

0.9

Tucson, AZ

5

7

6

7

6

1.3

1.8

1.6

1.8

1.5

Tulsa, OK

26

4

8

23

4

14.1

2.1

4.4

12.4

2.2

Washington, DC

59

59

47

21

27

23.4

23.8

19.2

8.6

11.1

Wichita, KS

9

12

2

3

1

4.2

5.6

0.9

1.4

0.5

Yonkers, NY

0

2

0

1

1

0.0

2.2

0.0

1.1

1.1

U.S. CITY TOTAL

2,870

2,358

2,042

2,152

1,982

8.5

7.0

6.0

6.3

5.8

San Juan, PR

36

58

41

27

36

9.2

14.8

8.2

5.3

7.1

TOTAL

2,906

2,416

2,083

2,179

2,018

8.5

7.1

6.0

6.2

5.8


Page last modified: December 3, 2001
Page last reviewed: December 3, 2001 Historical Document

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