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Table 24. All stages of syphilis* — Reported cases and rates in selected cities of >200,000 population listed in alphabetical order: United States and outlying areas, 1998–2002
| Cases | Rates per 100,000 Population | ||||||||||||||||||
| City | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | |||||||||
| Akron, OH | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.9 | |||||||||
| Albuquerque, NM | 45 | 50 | 63 | 42 | 60 | 8.6 | 9.6 | 11.3 | 7.5 | 10.8 | |||||||||
| Atlanta, GA | 591 | 580 | 384 | 799 | 827 | 79.9 | 77.9 | 47.1 | 97.9 | 101.3 | |||||||||
| Austin, TX | 56 | 62 | 59 | 115 | 101 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 7.3 | 14.2 | 12.4 | |||||||||
| Baltimore, MD | 1,472 | 941 | 728 | 477 | 398 | 228.0 | 148.7 | 111.8 | 73.3 | 61.1 | |||||||||
| Birmingham, AL | 246 | 278 | 212 | 151 | 127 | 37.3 | 42.3 | 32.0 | 22.8 | 19.2 | |||||||||
| Boston, MA | 240 | 164 | 160 | 157 | 231 | 43.1 | 29.5 | 26.8 | 26.3 | 38.6 | |||||||||
| Buffalo, NY | 12 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.1 | |||||||||
| Charlotte, NC | 211 | 194 | 151 | 130 | 102 | 33.4 | 29.9 | 21.7 | 18.7 | 14.7 | |||||||||
| Chicago, IL | 1,371 | 1,322 | 1,090 | 1,094 | 1,148 | 46.0 | 44.4 | 35.3 | 35.4 | 37.2 | |||||||||
| Cincinnati, OH | 32 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 21 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.5 | |||||||||
| Cleveland, OH | 151 | 88 | 42 | 39 | 26 | 10.9 | 6.4 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 1.9 | |||||||||
| Columbus, OH | 115 | 109 | 90 | 140 | 189 | 11.3 | 10.6 | 8.4 | 13.1 | 17.7 | |||||||||
| Corpus Christi, TX | 27 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 8.5 | 6.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.8 | |||||||||
| Dallas, TX | 736 | 695 | 587 | 702 | 1,044 | 35.9 | 33.7 | 26.5 | 31.6 | 47.1 | |||||||||
| Dayton, OH | 39 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 7.0 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 1.6 | |||||||||
| Denver, CO | 35 | 46 | 23 | 64 | 89 | 7.0 | 9.2 | 4.1 | 11.5 | 16.0 | |||||||||
| Des Moines, IA | 20 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 5.6 | 1.9 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 5.1 | |||||||||
| Detroit, MI | 477 | 569 | 771 | 924 | 878 | 37.8 | 45.4 | 81.0 | 97.1 | 92.3 | |||||||||
| El Paso, TX | 81 | 79 | 92 | 106 | 119 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 13.5 | 15.6 | 17.5 | |||||||||
| Fort Worth, TX | 175 | 177 | 191 | 267 | 374 | 12.9 | 12.8 | 13.2 | 18.5 | 25.9 | |||||||||
| Honolulu, HI | 18 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 52 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 5.9 | |||||||||
| Houston, TX | 1,401 | 1,111 | 850 | 922 | 1,035 | 43.7 | 34.2 | 25.0 | 27.1 | 30.4 | |||||||||
| Indianapolis, IN | 239 | 553 | 521 | 306 | 134 | 29.4 | 68.2 | 60.5 | 35.6 | 15.6 | |||||||||
| Jacksonville, FL | 154 | 74 | 125 | 139 | 69 | 20.9 | 10.0 | 16.0 | 17.8 | 8.9 | |||||||||
| Jersey City, NJ | 34 | 42 | 27 | 39 | 59 | 15.4 | 19.2 | 11.2 | 16.2 | 24.5 | |||||||||
| Kansas City, MO | 14 | 66 | 46 | 30 | 37 | 3.1 | 14.6 | 10.2 | 6.6 | 8.2 | |||||||||
| Los Angeles, CA | 1,264 | 1,189 | 1,857 | 1,339 | 1,625 | 14.7 | 13.6 | 20.8 | 15.0 | 18.2 | |||||||||
| Louisville, KY | 213 | 174 | 149 | 100 | 141 | 31.7 | 25.9 | 21.5 | 14.4 | 20.3 | |||||||||
| Memphis, TN | 1,036 | 927 | 882 | 896 | 538 | 119.2 | 106.2 | 98.3 | 99.8 | 59.9 | |||||||||
| Miami, FL | 773 | 795 | 829 | 1,044 | 1,297 | 35.9 | 36.5 | 36.8 | 46.3 | 57.6 | |||||||||
| Milwaukee, WI | 233 | 166 | 151 | 98 | 88 | 25.6 | 18.3 | 16.1 | 10.4 | 9.4 | |||||||||
| Minneapolis, MN | 34 | 28 | 34 | 63 | 79 | 9.3 | 7.6 | 8.9 | 16.4 | 20.6 | |||||||||
| Nashville, TN | 416 | 505 | 523 | 379 | 289 | 77.9 | 95.3 | 91.8 | 66.5 | 50.7 | |||||||||
| New Orleans, LA | 348 | 228 | 124 | 101 | 101 | 74.8 | 49.5 | 25.6 | 20.8 | 20.8 | |||||||||
| New York City, NY | 4,652 | 3,736 | 2,712 | 3,304 | 3,483 | 62.7 | 50.3 | 33.9 | 41.3 | 43.5 | |||||||||
| Newark, NJ | 191 | 172 | 265 | 377 | 343 | 67.2 | 60.7 | 88.1 | 125.3 | 114.0 | |||||||||
| Norfolk, VA | 108 | 84 | 85 | 83 | 47 | 50.2 | 37.2 | 36.3 | 35.4 | 20.1 | |||||||||
| Oakland, CA | 129 | 127 | 91 | 109 | 175 | 10.1 | 9.8 | 6.3 | 7.5 | 12.1 | |||||||||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 181 | 300 | 193 | 160 | 170 | 44.4 | 73.2 | 45.4 | 37.6 | 40.0 | |||||||||
| Omaha, NE | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 5.9 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 3.2 | |||||||||
| Philadelphia, PA | 804 | 825 | 618 | 646 | 566 | 56.0 | 58.2 | 40.7 | 42.6 | 37.3 | |||||||||
| Phoenix, AZ | 572 | 722 | 737 | 957 | 855 | 20.5 | 25.2 | 24.0 | 31.2 | 27.8 | |||||||||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 12 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 2.0 | |||||||||
| Portland, OR | 17 | 19 | 30 | 29 | 48 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 9.2 | |||||||||
| Richmond, VA | 81 | 64 | 40 | 58 | 25 | 41.7 | 33.7 | 20.2 | 29.3 | 12.6 | |||||||||
| Rochester, NY | 39 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 16.2 | 6.7 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 5.3 | |||||||||
| Sacramento, CA | 31 | 20 | 25 | 33 | 38 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.1 | |||||||||
| San Antonio, TX | 237 | 228 | 287 | 364 | 306 | 17.5 | 16.6 | 20.6 | 26.1 | 22.0 | |||||||||
| San Diego, CA | 187 | 251 | 232 | 151 | 159 | 6.7 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 5.4 | 5.7 | |||||||||
| San Francisco, CA | 129 | 128 | 163 | 301 | 604 | 17.3 | 17.1 | 21.0 | 38.8 | 77.8 | |||||||||
| San Jose, CA | 62 | 56 | 43 | 92 | 92 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | |||||||||
| Seattle, WA | 69 | 123 | 116 | 110 | 96 | 4.2 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 5.5 | |||||||||
| St Louis, MO | 170 | 165 | 115 | 63 | 80 | 50.1 | 49.4 | 33.0 | 18.1 | 23.0 | |||||||||
| St Paul, MN | 10 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 5.6 | 5.6 | |||||||||
| St Petersburg, FL | 56 | 38 | 64 | 40 | 81 | 6.4 | 4.3 | 6.9 | 4.3 | 8.8 | |||||||||
| Tampa, FL | 177 | 111 | 132 | 148 | 222 | 19.1 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.8 | 22.2 | |||||||||
| Toledo, OH | 23 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 18 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 4.0 | |||||||||
| Tucson, AZ | 36 | 42 | 36 | 72 | 91 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 8.5 | 10.8 | |||||||||
| Tulsa, OK | 75 | 109 | 32 | 22 | 30 | 19.7 | 28.4 | 8.1 | 5.6 | 7.6 | |||||||||
| Washington, DC | 579 | 458 | 516 | 459 | 431 | 110.7 | 88.2 | 90.2 | 80.2 | 75.3 | |||||||||
| Wichita, KS | 21 | 34 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 4.7 | 7.5 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 2.9 | |||||||||
| Yonkers, NY | 22 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 11.4 | 6.2 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 13.6 | |||||||||
| U.S. CITY TOTAL | 21,012 | 19,171 | 17,446 | 18,415 | 19,403 | 29.8 | 27.0 | 23.7 | 25.0 | 26.3 | |||||||||
| San Juan, PR | 673 | 682 | 545 | 483 | 442 | 64.3 | 64.8 | 53.4 | 47.3 | 43.3 | |||||||||
| TOTAL | 21,685 | 19,853 | 17,991 | 18,898 | 19,845 | 30.3 | 27.6 | 24.1 | 25.3 | 26.6 | |||||||||
*See Appendix (Reporting of Syphilis Cases) for definition.