Table 37.    Congenital syphilis — Reported cases and rates in infants <1 year of age: United States (excluding outlying areas), 1963–2000

 Year*

Cases

Rate per 100,000 Live Births

1963

367

9.2

1964

336

8.7

1965

335

8.9

1966

333

8.8

1967

156

4.1

1968

274

7.3

1969

264

7.0

1970

323

8.6

1971

422

11.9

1972

360

11.0

1973

295

9.4

1974

250

7.9

1975

169

5.3

1976

160

5.1

1977

134

4.0

1978

104

3.0

1979

123

3.5

1980

107

3.0

1981

160

4.4

1982

159

4.3

1983

158

4.3

1984

247

6.7

1985

266

7.1

1986

357

9.5

1987

444

11.7

1988

658

16.8

1989

1,807

44.7

1990

3,816

91.8

1991

4,410

107.3

1992

4,024

99.0

1993

3,395

84.9

1994

2,435

61.6

1995

1,857

47.6

1996

1,279

32.9

1997

1,077

27.8

1998

839

21.3

1999

573

14.5

2000

529

13.4

*Years 1963-1966 are fiscal years.

NOTE: The surveillance case definition for congenital syphilis changed in 1988 (see Appendix). As of 1995, cases of congenital syphilis <1 year of age are obtained using case reporting form CDC 73.126. Yearly case counts in this table correspond to confirmed diagnoses of congenital syphilis among those known to be less than one year of age. As a result, the case counts in this table are a subset of those listed in Table 1 for the years prior to 1995.


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