Table 39.    Congenital syphilis — Reported cases and rates in infants <1 year of age by state/area listed in alphabetical order: United States and outlying areas, 1996–2000

 

Cases

Rates per 100,000 Live Births

State/Area*

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

Alabama

22

31

12

7

7

36.4

50.9

19.3

11.3

11.3

Alaska

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Arizona

6

12

25

24

25

8.0

15.9

32.0

30.7

32.0

Arkansas

32

41

30

14

16

88.0

112.4

81.4

38.0

43.4

California

196

162

122

88

86

36.3

30.9

23.4

16.9

16.5

Colorado

3

0

2

1

0

5.4

0.0

3.4

1.7

0.0

Connecticut

2

2

0

1

1

4.5

4.6

0.0

2.3

2.3

Delaware

0

2

0

0

0

0.0

19.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

Florida

93

73

71

31

40

49.1

37.9

36.3

15.8

20.4

Georgia

29

17

14

15

17

25.4

14.4

11.4

12.3

13.9

Hawaii

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Idaho

1

0

0

0

0

5.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Illinois

104

74

71

54

50

56.8

40.9

38.9

29.6

27.4

Indiana

6

3

0

7

0

7.2

3.6

0.0

8.2

0.0

Iowa

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Kansas

0

2

0

0

2

0.0

5.4

0.0

0.0

5.2

Kentucky

5

5

5

0

3

9.5

9.4

9.2

0.0

5.5

Louisiana

15

22

8

12

7

23.0

33.3

12.0

17.9

10.5

Maine

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Maryland

36

58

44

27

16

50.3

82.6

61.1

37.5

22.2

Massachusetts

6

1

2

0

0

7.5

1.2

2.5

0.0

0.0

Michigan

22

29

18

22

16

16.5

21.7

13.5

16.5

12.0

Minnesota

2

0

0

0

0

3.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Mississippi

54

41

15

12

14

131.7

98.7

34.9

27.9

32.6

Missouri

15

10

15

10

3

20.3

13.5

19.9

13.3

4.0

Montana

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Nebraska

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Nevada

1

0

0

0

0

3.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

New Hampshire

0

0

0

1

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

6.9

0.0

New Jersey

80

84

87

49

22

70.0

74.2

75.9

42.8

19.2

New Mexico

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

New York

155

105

59

43

38

58.7

40.8

22.8

16.7

14.7

North Carolina

31

18

24

19

18

29.7

16.8

21.5

17.0

16.1

North Dakota

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Ohio

15

10

4

6

5

9.9

6.6

2.6

3.9

3.3

Oklahoma

10

9

16

9

1

21.6

18.6

32.3

18.2

2.0

Oregon

0

1

0

0

0

0.0

2.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

Pennsylvania

58

37

21

7

9

39.1

25.7

14.4

4.8

6.2

Rhode Island

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

South Carolina

44

19

24

23

24

86.1

36.4

44.5

42.7

44.5

South Dakota

0

0

1

1

0

0.0

0.0

9.7

9.7

0.0

Tennessee

35

32

13

10

24

47.5

43.0

16.8

12.9

31.0

Texas

166

149

114

68

71

50.2

44.6

33.3

19.9

20.7

Utah

0

0

1

0

1

0.0

0.0

2.2

0.0

2.2

Vermont

1

0

0

0

0

14.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Virginia

16

7

6

3

5

17.3

7.6

6.4

3.2

5.3

Washington

1

0

1

1

0

1.3

0.0

1.3

1.3

0.0

West Virginia

0

1

0

0

0

0.0

4.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

Wisconsin

3

9

6

8

4

4.5

13.5

8.9

11.9

5.9

Wyoming

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

U.S. TOTAL1

1,279

1,077

839

573

529

32.9

27.8

21.3

14.5

13.4

Guam

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Puerto Rico

10

9

28

23

16

15.8

14.0

46.3

38.1

26.5

Virgin Islands

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

OUTLYING AREAS

10

9

28

23

16

14.4

12.8

42.1

34.6

24.0

TOTAL

1,289

1,086

867

596

545

32.5

27.5

21.6

14.9

13.6

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

1Includes cases reported by Washington, D.C.


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

Content Source: Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention