Table 38.    Congenital syphilis — Reported cases and rates in infants <1 year of age by state/area, ranked by rates: United States and outlying areas, 2000

Rank

State/Area*

Cases

Rate per 100,000 Live Births

1

South Carolina

24

44.5

2

Arkansas

16

43.4

3

Mississippi

14

32.6

4

Arizona

25

32.0

5

Tennessee

24

31.0

6

Illinois

50

27.4

7

Puerto Rico

16

26.5

8

Maryland

16

22.2

9

Texas

71

20.7

10

Florida

40

20.4

11

New Jersey

22

19.2

12

California

86

16.5

13

North Carolina

18

16.1

14

New York

38

14.7

15

Georgia

17

13.9

 

U.S. TOTAL1

529

13.4

16

Michigan

16

12.0

17

Alabama

7

11.3

18

Louisiana

7

10.5

19

Pennsylvania

9

6.2

20

Wisconsin

4

5.9

21

Kentucky

3

5.5

22

Virginia

5

5.3

23

Kansas

2

5.2

24

Missouri

3

4.0

25

Ohio

5

3.3

26

Connecticut

1

2.3

27

Utah

1

2.2

28

Oklahoma

1

2.0

 

YEAR 2010 OBJECTIVE

 

1.0

29

Alaska

0

0.0

30

Colorado

0

0.0

31

Delaware

0

0.0

32

Hawaii

0

0.0

33

Idaho

0

0.0

34

Indiana

0

0.0

35

Iowa

0

0.0

36

Maine

0

0.0

37

Massachusetts

0

0.0

38

Minnesota

0

0.0

39

Montana

0

0.0

40

Nebraska

0

0.0

41

Nevada

0

0.0

42

New Hampshire

0

0.0

43

New Mexico

0

0.0

44

North Dakota

0

0.0

45

Oregon

0

0.0

46

Rhode Island

0

0.0

47

South Dakota

0

0.0

48

Vermont

0

0.0

49

Washington

0

0.0

50

West Virginia

0

0.0

51

Wyoming

0

0.0

52

Guam

0

0.0

53

Virgin Islands

0

0.0

*Mother’s state of residence used to assign case.

1Includes cases reported by Washington, D.C. but excludes outlying areas (Guam, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands).


Page last modified: December 3, 2001
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