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Table 44. 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, 1998–2002

  Cases     Rates per 100,000 Live Births
City* 1998    1999    2000    2001    2002    1998    1999    2000    2001    2002
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 5   7   7   9   5   57.2   78.2   73.9   96.5   53.6
Austin, TX 0   0   0   3   4   0.0   0.0   0.0   23.3   31.1
Baltimore, MD 29   21   15   2   8   295.6   203.9   146.9   20.4   81.5
Birmingham, AL 5   2   2   3   2   112.6   44.6   43.9   69.7   46.5
Boston, MA 2   0   0   0   0   25.4   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
Buffalo, NY 0   0   0   1   0   0.0   0.0   0.0   22.8   0.0
Charlotte, NC 1   3   3   1   1   10.8   31.0   28.1   9.6   9.6
Chicago, IL 49   44   38   35   31   95.2   87.1   74.8   70.6   62.6
Cincinnati, OH 0   0   0   0   0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
Cleveland, OH 3   2   2   0   2   33.5   23.4   23.2   0.0   24.6
Columbus, OH 1   2   0   1   0   8.9   18.7   0.0   9.4   0.0
Corpus Christi, TX 1   0   0   0   0   21.6   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
Dallas, TX 18   4   6   8   9   77.4   16.8   24.5   31.7   35.7
Dayton, OH 0   0   0   0   0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
Denver, CO 1   1   0   0   0   10.2   9.8   0.0   0.0   0.0
Des Moines, IA 0   0   0   0   0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
Detroit, MI 14   21   24   23   28   85.2   132.9   151.1   150.1   182.8
El Paso, TX 0   1   2   2   1   0.0   7.9   15.4   15.4   7.7
Fort Worth, TX 1   2   4   8   4   10.1   19.2   36.8   70.6   35.3
Honolulu, HI 0   0   0   0   0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
Houston, TX 56   31   32   21   39   133.2   72.0   71.4   47.5   88.2
Indianapolis, IN 0   6   3   9   3   0.0   43.6   21.1   64.4   21.5
Jacksonville, FL 0   0   2   0   0   0.0   0.0   17.5   0.0   0.0
Jersey City, NJ 3   0   3   2   2   76.4   0.0   75.6   51.6   51.6
Kansas City, MO 0   1   2   0   0   0.0   13.7   27.2   0.0   0.0
Los Angeles, CA 62   36   41   27   27   94.2   55.5   62.7   41.8   41.8
Louisville, KY 4   0   1   0   0   58.5   0.0   14.1   0.0   0.0
Memphis, TN 11   10   14   8   0   96.6   87.7   122.9   71.3   0.0
Miami, FL 37   10   18   10   5   278.7   76.5   131.7   73.7   36.8
Milwaukee, WI 6   7   4   2   0   54.5   62.2   35.9   17.9   0.0
Minneapolis, MN 0   0   0   0   1   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   15.2
Nashville, TN 0   0   5   4   0   0.0   0.0   56.9   46.5   0.0
New Orleans, LA 2   4   0   0   0   26.4   52.1   0.0   0.0   0.0
New York City, NY 45   40   33   32   22   37.5   33.5   27.3   26.8   18.4
Newark, NJ 26   12   9   8   12   536.7   245.7   183.0   161.8   242.7
Norfolk, VA 0   0   3   1   0   0.0   0.0   75.0   24.8   0.0
Oakland, CA 2   3   1   3   0   31.4   47.5   14.8   44.4   0.0
Oklahoma City, OK 11   5   0   2   1   142.8   66.3   0.0   25.1   12.5
Omaha, NE 0   0   0   0   0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
Philadelphia, PA 21   7   9   4   5   95.0   32.2   41.1   18.9   23.6
Phoenix, AZ 19   16   21   20   14   82.0   66.4   83.6   79.3   55.5
Pittsburgh, PA 0   0   0   0   0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
Portland, OR 0   0   0   0   0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
Richmond, VA 3   0   0   1   0   105.2   0.0   0.0   31.9   0.0
Rochester, NY 2   1   0   0   0   46.3   25.8   0.0   0.0   0.0
Sacramento, CA 2   2   2   0   0   18.8   18.9   18.3   0.0   0.0
San Antonio, TX 5   4   5   6   1   22.9   18.3   22.6   27.2   4.5
San Diego, CA 7   7   0   5   1   37.8   37.8   0.0   26.9   5.4
San Francisco, CA 1   1   1   1   0   12.3   12.3   11.5   12.1   0.0
San Jose, CA 0   2   1   2   4   0.0   12.5   5.9   12.1   24.3
Seattle, WA 0   1   0   0   0   0.0   13.6   0.0   0.0   0.0
St Louis, MO 3   5   1   3   0   53.4   90.5   18.4   56.6   0.0
St Paul, MN 0   0   0   0   0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
St Petersburg, FL 0   1   0   0   0   0.0   29.5   0.0   0.0   0.0
Tampa, FL 4   4   1   6   2   50.8   47.5   11.8   72.5   24.2
Toledo, OH 0   0   0   0   0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
Tucson, AZ 0   0   0   0   0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
Tulsa, OK 3   1   0   0   1   45.1   15.2   0.0   0.0   15.1
Washington, DC 8   0   4   2   1   104.1   0.0   52.2   26.2   13.1
Wichita, KS 0   0   0   0   0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
Yonkers, NY 2   0   0   0   1   74.3   0.0   0.0   0.0   35.8
U.S. CITY TOTAL 475   327   319   275   237   59.4   40.9   39.0   34.0   29.3
San Juan, PR 1   3   5   5   2   15.3   43.2   77.3   80.4   32.2
TOTAL 476   330   324   280   239   59.1   40.9   39.3   34.4   29.3

*Mother’s city of residence used to assign case.


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