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Table 43. Congenital syphilis — Reported cases and rates in infants <1 year of age in selected cities of >200,000 population, ranked by rates: United States, 2002

Rank* City Cases    Rate per 100,000 Live Births   
1 Newark, NJ 12   242.7  
2 Detroit, MI 28   182.8  
3 Houston, TX 39   88.2  
4 Baltimore, MD 8   81.5  
5 Chicago, IL 31   62.6  
6 Phoenix, AZ 14   55.5  
7 Atlanta, GA 5   53.6  
8 Jersey City, NJ 2   51.6  
9 Birmingham, AL 2   46.5  
10 Los Angeles, CA 27   41.8  
11 Miami, FL 5   36.8  
12 Yonkers, NY 1   35.8  
13 Dallas, TX 9   35.7  
14 Fort Worth, TX 4   35.3  
15 Austin, TX 4   31.1  
16 Cleveland, OH 2   24.6  
17 San Jose, CA 4   24.3  
18 Tampa, FL 2   24.2  
19 Philadelphia, PA 5   23.6  
20 Indianapolis, IN 3   21.5  
21 New York City, NY 22   18.4  
22 Minneapolis, MN 1   15.2  
23 Tulsa, OK 1   15.1  
24 Washington, DC 1   13.1  
25 Oklahoma City, OK 1   12.5  
26 Charlotte, NC 1   9.6  
27 El Paso, TX 1   7.7  
28 San Diego, CA 1   5.4  
29 San Antonio, TX 1   4.5  
  YEAR 2010 OBJECTIVE     1.0  
  Tucson, AZ 0   0.0  
  Oakland, CA 0   0.0  
  Sacramento, CA 0   0.0  
  San Francisco, CA 0   0.0  
  Denver, CO 0   0.0  
  Jacksonville, FL 0   0.0  
  St Petersburg, FL 0   0.0  
  Honolulu, HI 0   0.0  
  Des Moines, IA 0   0.0  
  Wichita, KS 0   0.0  
  Louisville, KY 0   0.0  
  New Orleans, LA 0   0.0  
  Boston, MA 0   0.0  
  St Paul, MN 0   0.0  
  Kansas City, MO 0   0.0  
  St Louis, MO 0   0.0  
  Omaha, NE 0   0.0  
  Albuquerque, NM 0   0.0  
  Buffalo, NY 0   0.0  
  Rochester, NY 0   0.0  
  Akron, OH 0   0.0  
  Cincinnati, OH 0   0.0  
  Columbus, OH 0   0.0  
  Dayton, OH 0   0.0  
  Toledo, OH 0   0.0  
  Portland, OR 0   0.0  
  Pittsburgh, PA 0   0.0  
  Memphis, TN 0   0.0  
  Nashville, TN 0   0.0  
  Corpus Christi, TX 0   0.0  
  Norfolk, VA 0   0.0  
  Richmond, VA 0   0.0  
  Seattle, WA 0   0.0  
  Milwaukee, WI 0   0.0  

*Cities were ranked in descending order by rate, number of cases, and alphabetically by state. Cities with no cases were not ranked. Excludes outlying areas (San Juan, PR, with 2 cases and rate of 32.2).

Mother's city of residence used to assign case.

 


Page last modified: November 20, 2003
Page last reviewed: November 20, 2003 Historical Document

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