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Table 23. All stages of syphilis* — Reported cases and rates by state/area and region listed in alphabetical order: United States and outlying areas, 1998–2002
| Cases | Rates per 100,000 Population | ||||||||||||||||||
| State/Area | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | |||||||||
| Alabama | 1,139 | 1,019 | 753 | 724 | 700 | 26.2 | 23.3 | 16.9 | 16.3 | 15.7 | |||||||||
| Alaska | 13 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.4 | |||||||||
| Arizona | 697 | 833 | 848 | 1,147 | 1,085 | 14.9 | 17.4 | 16.5 | 22.4 | 21.1 | |||||||||
| Arkansas | 506 | 364 | 366 | 239 | 217 | 19.9 | 14.3 | 13.7 | 8.9 | 8.1 | |||||||||
| California | 2,869 | 2,859 | 3,354 | 3,053 | 3,912 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 9.9 | 9.0 | 11.5 | |||||||||
| Colorado | 122 | 91 | 63 | 149 | 174 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | |||||||||
| Connecticut | 177 | 126 | 151 | 165 | 188 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.5 | |||||||||
| Delaware | 114 | 72 | 45 | 79 | 62 | 15.3 | 9.6 | 5.7 | 10.1 | 7.9 | |||||||||
| Florida | 2,540 | 2,690 | 2,770 | 2,915 | 3,280 | 17.0 | 17.8 | 17.3 | 18.2 | 20.5 | |||||||||
| Georgia | 1,836 | 1,974 | 1,640 | 1,988 | 1,893 | 24.0 | 25.3 | 20.0 | 24.3 | 23.1 | |||||||||
| Hawaii | 18 | 11 | 22 | 41 | 59 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 4.9 | |||||||||
| Idaho | 15 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.8 | |||||||||
| Illinois | 1,946 | 1,966 | 1,638 | 1,546 | 1,592 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 13.2 | 12.4 | 12.8 | |||||||||
| Indiana | 509 | 802 | 751 | 529 | 318 | 8.6 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 8.7 | 5.2 | |||||||||
| Iowa | 48 | 37 | 55 | 44 | 54 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.8 | |||||||||
| Kansas | 116 | 95 | 67 | 88 | 77 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 2.9 | |||||||||
| Kentucky | 339 | 302 | 253 | 191 | 212 | 8.6 | 7.6 | 6.3 | 4.7 | 5.2 | |||||||||
| Louisiana | 1,651 | 1,423 | 973 | 793 | 775 | 37.8 | 32.5 | 21.8 | 17.7 | 17.3 | |||||||||
| Maine | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.7 | |||||||||
| Maryland | 2,156 | 1,385 | 1,172 | 938 | 839 | 42.0 | 26.8 | 22.1 | 17.7 | 15.8 | |||||||||
| Massachusetts | 568 | 385 | 448 | 446 | 541 | 9.2 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 8.5 | |||||||||
| Michigan | 692 | 780 | 1,001 | 1,169 | 1,181 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 10.1 | 11.8 | 11.9 | |||||||||
| Minnesota | 75 | 71 | 77 | 132 | 148 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 3.0 | |||||||||
| Mississippi | 1,161 | 906 | 685 | 654 | 451 | 42.2 | 32.7 | 24.1 | 23.0 | 15.9 | |||||||||
| Missouri | 379 | 396 | 299 | 174 | 204 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 5.3 | 3.1 | 3.6 | |||||||||
| Montana | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | |||||||||
| Nebraska | 35 | 24 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.5 | |||||||||
| Nevada | 139 | 92 | 52 | 62 | 113 | 8.0 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 5.7 | |||||||||
| New Hampshire | 14 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 24 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.9 | |||||||||
| New Jersey | 836 | 803 | 802 | 1,040 | 1,062 | 10.3 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 12.4 | 12.6 | |||||||||
| New Mexico | 76 | 80 | 98 | 73 | 110 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 6.0 | |||||||||
| New York | 5,148 | 4,094 | 2,947 | 3,609 | 3,879 | 28.3 | 22.5 | 15.5 | 19.0 | 20.4 | |||||||||
| North Carolina | 2,133 | 1,713 | 1,495 | 1,422 | 1,049 | 28.3 | 22.4 | 18.6 | 17.7 | 13.0 | |||||||||
| North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Ohio | 474 | 364 | 282 | 297 | 351 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 3.1 | |||||||||
| Oklahoma | 369 | 539 | 327 | 288 | 287 | 11.0 | 16.1 | 9.5 | 8.3 | 8.3 | |||||||||
| Oregon | 32 | 37 | 49 | 48 | 75 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.2 | |||||||||
| Pennsylvania | 910 | 932 | 685 | 726 | 689 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.6 | |||||||||
| Rhode Island | 55 | 55 | 38 | 39 | 67 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 6.4 | |||||||||
| South Carolina | 876 | 929 | 860 | 916 | 619 | 22.8 | 23.9 | 21.4 | 22.8 | 15.4 | |||||||||
| South Dakota | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Tennessee | 1,754 | 1,737 | 1,709 | 1,478 | 1,074 | 32.3 | 31.7 | 30.0 | 26.0 | 18.9 | |||||||||
| Texas | 3,967 | 3,699 | 3,298 | 3,662 | 4,110 | 20.1 | 18.5 | 15.8 | 17.6 | 19.7 | |||||||||
| Utah | 58 | 49 | 59 | 25 | 71 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 3.2 | |||||||||
| Vermont | 6 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | |||||||||
| Virginia | 719 | 722 | 539 | 525 | 528 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.5 | |||||||||
| Washington | 143 | 205 | 171 | 174 | 158 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.7 | |||||||||
| West Virginia | 11 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | |||||||||
| Wisconsin | 257 | 192 | 184 | 131 | 134 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | |||||||||
| Wyoming | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | |||||||||
| U.S. TOTAL† | 38,286 | 35,379 | 31,612 | 32,272 | 32,871 | 14.2 | 13.0 | 11.2 | 11.5 | 11.7 | |||||||||
| Northeast | 7,718 | 6,416 | 5,097 | 6,069 | 6,461 | 14.9 | 12.4 | 9.5 | 11.3 | 12.1 | |||||||||
| Midwest | 4,534 | 4,730 | 4,363 | 4,129 | 4,084 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 6.3 | |||||||||
| South | 21,850 | 19,947 | 17,414 | 17,278 | 16,532 | 22.9 | 20.7 | 17.4 | 17.2 | 16.5 | |||||||||
| West | 4,184 | 4,286 | 4,738 | 4,796 | 5,794 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 9.2 | |||||||||
| Guam | 3 | 12 | 9 | 30 | 18 | 1.9 | 7.3 | 5.8 | 19.4 | 11.6 | |||||||||
| Puerto Rico | 1,461 | 1,463 | 1,340 | 1,268 | 1,390 | 37.8 | 37.6 | 35.2 | 33.3 | 36.5 | |||||||||
| Virgin Islands | 35 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 31.9 | 11.5 | 10.1 | 8.3 | 3.7 | |||||||||
| OUTLYING AREAS | 1,499 | 1,488 | 1,360 | 1,307 | 1,412 | 36.3 | 35.7 | 33.4 | 32.1 | 34.7 | |||||||||
| TOTAL | 39,785 | 36,867 | 32,972 | 33,579 | 34,283 | 14.5 | 13.3 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 12.0 | |||||||||
*See Appendix (Reporting of Syphilis Cases) for definition. †Includes cases reported by Washington, D.C.