Table 36.    Late and late latent 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

4

0

0

0

1

0.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.2

Albuquerque, NM

31

41

29

37

33

5.9

7.8

5.5

7.1

6.3

Atlanta, GA

190

289

120

119

88

26.6

40.0

16.2

16.0

11.8

Austin, TX

30

57

22

20

24

4.4

8.2

3.1

2.8

3.3

Baltimore, MD

73

81

331

202

111

10.9

12.3

51.3

31.9

17.5

Birmingham, AL

149

136

110

149

124

22.5

20.6

16.7

22.7

18.9

Boston, MA

130

191

155

107

106

23.3

34.3

27.9

19.2

19.1

Buffalo, NY

8

13

6

4

8

2.5

4.1

1.9

1.3

2.5

Charlotte, NC

31

19

44

39

40

5.2

3.1

7.0

6.0

6.2

Chicago, IL

100

0

507

476

473

3.4

0.0

17.0

16.0

15.9

Cincinnati, OH

46

33

9

6

12

5.4

3.9

1.1

0.7

1.4

Cleveland, OH

40

19

20

11

7

2.9

1.4

1.4

0.8

0.5

Columbus, OH

3

28

17

30

18

0.3

2.8

1.7

2.9

1.8

Corpus Christi, TX

19

14

13

10

6

6.0

4.4

4.1

3.2

1.9

Dallas, TX

217

260

187

156

120

10.9

12.9

9.1

7.6

5.8

Dayton, OH

66

70

28

9

10

11.7

12.5

5.0

1.6

1.8

Denver, CO

48

57

24

37

18

9.7

11.4

4.8

7.4

3.6

Des Moines, IA

5

7

6

5

11

1.4

2.0

1.7

1.4

3.0

Detroit, MI

144

175

131

136

145

13.2

16.1

10.4

10.9

11.6

El Paso, TX

60

73

65

60

73

8.8

10.4

9.2

8.5

10.4

Fort Worth, TX

63

62

27

87

85

4.8

4.7

2.0

6.3

6.1

Honolulu, HI

23

41

14

4

13

2.6

4.7

1.6

0.5

1.5

Houston, TX

1,095

1,128

879

755

614

35.2

35.7

27.4

23.2

18.9

Indianapolis, IN

45

21

30

38

92

5.5

2.6

3.7

4.7

11.3

Jacksonville, FL

48

89

69

30

53

6.6

12.1

9.4

4.1

7.2

Jersey City, NJ

68

62

28

38

22

31.3

28.5

12.7

17.4

10.1

Kansas City, MO

18

4

2

41

39

4.0

0.9

0.4

9.1

8.6

Los Angeles, CA

1,165

806

557

740

1,496

13.7

9.4

6.5

8.5

17.1

Louisville, KY

49

56

54

69

51

7.3

8.4

8.0

10.3

7.6

Memphis, TN

399

473

383

321

297

46.1

54.6

44.1

36.8

34.0

Miami, FL

364

367

463

409

356

17.9

17.9

21.5

18.8

16.4

Milwaukee, WI

53

42

62

36

49

5.8

4.6

6.8

4.0

5.4

Minneapolis, MN

31

27

25

15

14

8.1

7.0

6.9

4.1

3.8

Nashville, TN

0

36

58

54

145

0.0

6.7

10.9

10.2

27.4

New Orleans, LA

198

208

157

108

70

41.8

44.3

33.7

23.4

15.2

New York City, NY

4,455

4,110

3,881

2,907

2,115

60.7

56.0

52.3

39.1

28.5

Newark, NJ

256

159

82

115

170

89.6

55.9

28.8

40.6

60.0

Norfolk, VA

24

26

25

30

22

10.3

11.3

11.6

13.3

9.7

Oakland, CA

96

86

91

92

75

7.8

6.9

7.1

7.1

5.8

Oklahoma City, OK

20

16

39

34

25

4.6

3.6

9.6

8.3

6.1

Omaha, NE

5

14

19

3

3

1.1

3.2

4.3

0.7

0.7

Philadelphia, PA

255

300

287

355

281

17.3

20.7

20.0

25.0

19.8

Phoenix, AZ

143

156

187

245

324

5.5

5.8

6.7

8.6

11.3

Pittsburgh, PA

11

14

11

4

3

0.9

1.1

0.9

0.3

0.2

Portland, OR

32

11

8

9

7

6.5

2.2

1.6

1.8

1.4

Richmond, VA

27

29

20

17

17

14.1

15.1

10.3

9.0

9.0

Rochester, NY

31

21

21

13

6

12.8

8.7

8.7

5.4

2.5

Sacramento, CA

34

36

16

13

20

3.0

3.2

1.4

1.1

1.7

San Antonio, TX

231

182

143

121

113

17.6

13.7

10.6

8.8

8.2

San Diego, CA

143

206

135

196

195

5.3

7.6

4.9

6.9

6.9

San Francisco, CA

105

101

88

84

91

14.4

13.8

11.8

11.2

12.2

San Jose, CA

59

83

54

40

36

3.7

5.2

3.3

2.4

2.2

Seattle, WA

60

46

28

51

50

3.7

2.8

1.7

3.1

3.0

St Louis, MO

43

109

46

69

82

12.3

31.9

13.6

20.7

24.6

St Paul, MN

12

7

6

3

6

4.4

2.5

2.2

1.1

2.2

St Petersburg, FL

42

40

29

18

34

4.8

4.6

3.3

2.0

3.9

Tampa, FL

115

83

65

41

55

12.9

9.1

7.0

4.4

5.8

Toledo, OH

10

13

10

10

13

2.2

2.9

2.2

2.2

2.9

Tucson, AZ

35

34

23

20

14

4.6

4.4

2.9

2.5

1.7

Tulsa, OK

18

11

14

23

16

4.7

2.9

3.7

6.0

4.2

Washington, DC

125

168

202

129

237

23.2

31.8

38.6

24.9

45.7

Wichita, KS

13

22

5

16

7

3.0

5.0

1.1

3.5

1.5

Yonkers, NY

21

27

17

9

9

10.9

14.0

8.8

4.6

4.6

U.S. CITY TOTAL

11,434

11,095

10,184

9,025

8,850

16.5

15.9

14.4

12.7

12.5

San Juan, PR

339

312

293

322

222

38.9

35.8

28.0

30.6

21.1

TOTAL

11,773

11,407

10,477

9,347

9,072

16.8

16.2

14.6

13.0

12.6


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

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