Table 40.    Congenital syphilis — Reported cases and rates in infants <1 year of age in selected cities of >200,000 population, ranked by rates: United States and outlying areas, 2000

Rank

City*         

Cases

       Rate per 100,000 Live Births

1

Newark, NJ

8

165.2

2

Baltimore, MD

15

152.9

3

Miami, FL

18

135.6

4

Memphis, TN

13

114.2

5

Phoenix, AZ

20

86.3

6

Atlanta, GA

7

80.1

7

San Juan, PR

5

76.5

8

Jersey City, NJ

3

76.4

9

Chicago, IL

38

73.8

10

Houston, TX

31

73.7

11

Los Angeles, CA

41

62.3

12

Nashville, TN

5

60.1

13

Detroit, MI

9

54.8

14

Washington, DC

4

52.0

15

Norfolk, VA

2

49.6

16

Birmingham, AL

2

45.0

17

Philadelphia, PA

9

40.7

18

Fort Worth, TX

4

40.5

19

Milwaukee, WI

4

36.4

20

Charlotte, NC

3

32.3

21

Kansas City, MO

2

27.8

22

New York City, NY

32

26.7

23

Dallas, TX

6

25.8

24

San Antonio, TX

5

22.9

25

Cleveland, OH

2

22.3

26

Sacramento, CA

2

18.8

27

St Louis, MO

1

17.8

28

Jacksonville, FL

2

17.6

29

Oakland, CA

1

15.7

30

El Paso, TX

2

15.2

31

Louisville, KY

1

14.6

32

San Francisco, CA

1

12.3

33

San Jose, CA

1

6.1

 

YEAR 2010 OBJECTIVE

 

1.0

34

Tucson, AZ

0

0.0

35

San Diego, CA

0

0.0

36

Denver, CO

0

0.0

37

St Petersburg, FL

0

0.0

38

Tampa, FL

0

0.0

39

Honolulu, HI

0

0.0

40

Indianapolis, IN

0

0.0

41

Des Moines, IA

0

0.0

42

Wichita, KS

0

0.0

43

New Orleans, LA

0

0.0

44

Boston, MA

0

0.0

45

Minneapolis, MN

0

0.0

46

St Paul, MN

0

0.0

47

Omaha, NE

0

0.0

48

Albuquerque, NM

0

0.0

49

Buffalo, NY

0

0.0

50

Rochester, NY

0

0.0

51

Yonkers, NY

0

0.0

52

Akron, OH

0

0.0

53

Cincinnati, OH

0

0.0

54

Columbus, OH

0

0.0

55

Dayton, OH

0

0.0

56

Toledo, OH

0

0.0

57

Oklahoma City, OK

0

0.0

58

Tulsa, OK

0

0.0

59

Portland, OR

0

0.0

60

Pittsburgh, PA

0

0.0

61

Austin, TX

0

0.0

62

Corpus Christi, TX

0

0.0

63

Richmond, VA

0

0.0

64

Seattle, WA

0

0.0

*Mother’s residence used to assign case.


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