Table 41.    Congenital syphilis — Reported cases and rates in infants <1 year of age in selected cities of >200,000 population listed in alphabetical order: United States and outlying areas, 1996–2000

 

Cases

Rates per 100,000 Live Births

City*

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

Akron, OH

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Albuquerque, NM

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Atlanta, GA

15

12

5

7

7

184.7

142.7

57.2

80.1

80.1

Austin, TX

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Baltimore, MD

30

56

29

21

15

289.3

573.4

295.6

214.0

152.9

Birmingham, AL

11

6

5

2

2

265.3

139.2

112.6

45.0

45.0

Boston, MA

2

0

2

0

0

25.8

0.0

25.4

0.0

0.0

Buffalo, NY

2

3

0

0

0

41.6

62.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

Charlotte, NC

2

0

1

3

3

23.7

0.0

10.8

32.3

32.3

Chicago, IL

66

50

49

44

38

124.9

97.7

95.2

85.4

73.8

Cincinnati, OH

1

0

0

0

0

17.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Cleveland, OH

5

6

3

2

2

53.8

63.2

33.5

22.3

22.3

Columbus, OH

0

1

1

2

0

0.0

9.1

8.9

17.7

0.0

Corpus Christi, TX

0

0

1

0

0

0.0

0.0

21.6

0.0

0.0

Dallas, TX

2

3

18

4

6

9.0

13.3

77.4

17.2

25.8

Dayton, OH

7

0

0

0

0

246.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Denver, CO

1

0

1

1

0

10.9

0.0

10.2

10.2

0.0

Des Moines, IA

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Detroit, MI

15

25

14

21

9

90.4

149.4

85.2

127.8

54.8

El Paso, TX

4

2

0

1

2

29.7

15.2

0.0

7.6

15.2

Fort Worth, TX

5

6

1

2

4

53.3

63.2

10.1

20.2

40.5

Honolulu, HI

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Houston, TX

98

101

56

31

31

235.2

242.8

133.2

73.7

73.7

Indianapolis, IN

0

0

0

6

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

44.6

0.0

Jacksonville, FL

1

0

0

0

2

9.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

17.6

Jersey City, NJ

1

4

3

0

3

24.8

101.9

76.4

0.0

76.4

Kansas City, MO

0

1

0

1

2

0.0

13.1

0.0

13.9

27.8

Los Angeles, CA

97

67

62

36

41

137.2

98.6

94.2

54.7

62.3

Louisville, KY

3

3

4

0

1

44.2

46.0

58.5

0.0

14.6

Memphis, TN

27

28

11

10

13

243.1

248.5

96.6

87.8

114.2

Miami, FL

37

31

37

10

18

246.5

218.4

278.7

75.3

135.6

Milwaukee, WI

3

9

6

7

4

26.7

83.8

54.5

63.6

36.4

Minneapolis, MN

1

0

0

0

0

17.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Nashville, TN

1

0

0

0

5

12.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

60.1

New Orleans, LA

0

4

2

4

0

0.0

51.7

26.4

52.8

0.0

New York City, NY

131

84

45

40

32

106.5

70.6

37.5

33.4

26.7

Newark, NJ

27

26

26

12

8

530.1

509.4

536.7

247.7

165.2

Norfolk, VA

5

1

0

0

2

122.2

25.5

0.0

0.0

49.6

Oakland, CA

8

2

2

3

1

124.7

31.2

31.4

47.0

15.7

Oklahoma City, OK

4

5

11

5

0

54.6

65.6

142.8

64.9

0.0

Omaha, NE

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Philadelphia, PA

58

37

21

7

9

254.4

167.6

95.0

31.7

40.7

Phoenix, AZ

2

10

19

16

20

8.5

44.2

82.0

69.1

86.3

Pittsburgh, PA

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Portland, OR

0

1

0

0

0

0.0

14.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Richmond, VA

0

1

3

0

0

0.0

30.5

105.2

0.0

0.0

Rochester, NY

1

0

2

1

0

24.5

0.0

46.3

23.1

0.0

Sacramento, CA

3

5

2

2

2

27.7

47.6

18.8

18.8

18.8

San Antonio, TX

7

4

5

4

5

32.6

18.6

22.9

18.4

22.9

San Diego, CA

5

13

7

7

0

25.5

69.6

37.8

37.8

0.0

San Francisco, CA

2

2

1

1

1

23.9

24.4

12.3

12.3

12.3

San Jose, CA

2

1

0

2

1

12.3

6.2

0.0

12.3

6.1

Seattle, WA

0

0

0

1

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

13.7

0.0

St Louis, MO

8

5

3

5

1

136.7

86.7

53.4

89.0

17.8

St Paul, MN

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

St Petersburg, FL

1

0

0

1

0

29.2

0.0

0.0

28.8

0.0

Tampa, FL

16

7

4

4

0

232.2

100.6

50.8

50.8

0.0

Toledo, OH

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Tucson, AZ

2

0

0

0

0

22.9

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Tulsa, OK

3

1

3

1

0

50.5

15.7

45.1

15.0

0.0

Washington, DC

14

11

8

0

4

166.9

138.8

104.1

0.0

52.0

Wichita, KS

0

2

0

0

0

0.0

32.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

Yonkers, NY

0

0

2

0

0

0.0

0.0

74.3

0.0

0.0

U.S. CITY TOTAL

736

636

475

327

294

91.7

80.3

59.4

40.9

36.8

San Juan, PR

1

3

1

3

5

14.3

43.2

15.3

45.9

76.5

TOTAL

737

639

476

330

299

91.1

80.0

59.1

40.9

37.1

*Mother’s residence used to assign case.

NOTE: As of 1995, cases of congenital syphilis <1 year of age are obtained using case reporting form CDC 73.126.


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

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