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Table 26.    Primary and secondary syphilis — Counties and independent cities* ranked by number of reported
cases: United States, 2001** 

Rank 1

County/Independent City 

Cases    

Rate per 100,000 Population 

Cumulative Percent 

 

Wayne County, MI 

379 

 

18.4 

 

 

 

Cook County, IL 

339 

 

6.3 

 

11 

 

 

Fulton County, GA 

224 

 

27.5 

 

15 

 

 

Los Angeles County, CA 

211 

 

2.2 

 

18 

 

 

Shelby County, TN 

208 

 

23.2 

 

22 

 

 

Dade County, FL 

185 

 

8.2 

 

25 

 

 

Baltimore (City), MD 

161 

 

24.7 

 

27 

 

 

Maricopa County, AZ 

148 

 

4.8 

 

30 

 

 

New York County, NY 

145 

 

9.4 

 

32 

 

10 

 

San Francisco County, CA 

138 

 

17.8 

 

35 

 

11 

 

Marion County, IN 

128 

 

14.9 

 

37 

 

12 

 

Dallas County, TX 

121 

 

5.5 

 

39 

 

13 

 

Harris County, TX 

103 

 

3.0 

 

40 

 

14 

 

Robeson County, NC 

90 

 

73.0 

 

42 

 

15 

 

Essex County, NJ 

79 

 

10.0 

 

43 

 

16 

 

Philadelphia County, PA 

78 

 

5.1 

 

44 

 

17 

 

Davidson County, TN 

76 

 

13.3 

 

46 

 

18 

 

Bexar County, TX 

71 

 

5.1 

 

47 

 

19 

 

Kings County, NY 

71 

 

2.9 

 

48 

 

20 

 

Guilford County, NC 

70 

 

16.6 

 

49 

 

21 

 

Franklin County, OH 

62 

 

5.8 

 

50 

 

  *Accounting for 50% of reported primary and secondary syphilis cases. 

**Corrections to the reported number of cases in the future could alter the ranking and/or inclusion of the counties and independent cities in this table. 

1Counties were ranked in descending order by number of cases, rate, and alphabetically by state. 


Page last modified: November 15, 2002
Page last reviewed: November 15, 2002 Historical Document

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