STD Surveillance 2001

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Table 25. Primary and secondary syphilis — Reported cases and rates by state/area, ranked by rates: United States, 2001

Rank ²	State/Area	Cases	Rate per 100,000 Population
1	South Carolina	235	5.9
2	Tennessee	331	5.8
3	North Carolina	445	5.5
4	Georgia	414	5.1
5	Maryland	266	5.0
6	Mississippi	140	4.9
7	Michigan	428	4.3
8	Louisiana	173	3.9
9	Arizona	180	3.5
10	Illinois	409	3.3
11	Alabama	142	3.2
12	Florida	484	3.0
13	Indiana	151	2.5
14	Texas	478	2.3
	U.S. TOTAL¹	6,103	2.2
15	Arkansas	49	1.8
16	Delaware	14	1.8
17	Oklahoma	60	1.7
18	California	545	1.6
19	New York	304	1.6
20	New Jersey	137	1.6
21	Virginia	102	1.4
22	Kentucky	48	1.2
23	Washington	57	1.0
24	New Mexico	19	1.0
25	Hawaii	12	1.0
26	Kansas	25	0.9
27	Rhode Island	9	0.9
28	Pennsylvania	100	0.8
29	Ohio	81	0.7
30	Massachusetts	46	0.7
31	Minnesota	33	0.7
32	Nebraska	10	0.6
33	Missouri	26	0.5
34	Colorado	23	0.5
35	Utah	11	0.5
36	Vermont	3	0.5
37	Wisconsin	22	0.4
38	Oregon	13	0.4
39	Connecticut	12	0.4
40	Nevada	8	0.4
41	West Virginia	5	0.3
	YEAR 2010 OBJECTIVE		0.2
42	Iowa	5	0.2
43	Wyoming	1	0.2
44	Idaho	1	0.1
45	Maine	1	0.1
46	New Hampshire	1	0.1
47	South Dakota	1	0.1
	Alaska	0	0.0
	Montana	0	0.0
	North Dakota	0	0.0

¹Total includes cases reported by Washington, D.C., but excludes outlying areas (Guam with 12 cases, and rate of 7.8, Puerto Rico with 244 cases and rate of 6.4, and Virgin Islands with 0 cases).

²States were ranked in descending order by rate, number of cases, and alphabetically by state. States with no cases were not ranked.

Page last modified: November 15, 2002
Page last reviewed: November 15, 2002 Historical Document
Content Source: Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention