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Table 25. Primary and secondary syphilis — Reported cases and rates by state/area, ranked by rates: United States, 2002

Rank* State/Area Cases Rate per 100,000 Population
1 Georgia       439       5.4
2 Michigan   486   4.9
3 Maryland   228   4.3
4 Florida   617   3.9
5 Illinois   479   3.9
6 Arizona   200   3.9
7 North Carolina   279   3.5
8 Louisiana   152   3.4
9 Alabama   149   3.4
10 South Carolina   134   3.3
11 California   1,033   3.0
12 Tennessee   168   3.0
13 Texas   589   2.8
14 New York   478   2.5
  U.S. TOTAL†   6,862   2.4
15 Kentucky   88   2.2
16 Oklahoma   72   2.1
17 New Mexico   39   2.1
18 New Jersey   169   2.0
19 Mississippi   49   1.7
20 Massachusetts   99   1.6
21 Colorado   64   1.5
22 Ohio   159   1.4
23 Delaware   11   1.4
24 Arkansas   34   1.3
25 Washington   70   1.2
26 Minnesota   59   1.2
27 Rhode Island   13   1.2
28 Virginia   71   1.0
29 Indiana   62   1.0
30 Pennsylvania   105   0.9
31 Hawaii   11   0.9
32 Connecticut   28   0.8
33 Oregon   28   0.8
34 Nevada   15   0.8
35 Kansas   20   0.7
36 Missouri   34   0.6
37 Wisconsin   30   0.6
38 Idaho   8   0.6
39 New Hampshire   8   0.6
40 Nebraska   6   0.4
41 Iowa   8   0.3
42 Utah   7   0.3
43 Vermont   2   0.3
  YEAR 2010 OBJECTIVE       0.2
44 Maine   2   0.2
45 West Virginia   2   0.1
  Alaska   0   0.0
  Montana   0   0.0
  North Dakota   0   0.0
  South Dakota   0   0.0
  Wyoming   0   0.0

*States were ranked in descending order by rate, number of cases, and alphabetically by state. States with no cases were not ranked.

†Total includes cases reported by Washington, D.C., but excludes outlying areas (Guam with 6 cases and rate of 3.9, Puerto Rico with 270 cases and rate of 7.1, and Virgin Islands with 1 case and rate of 0.9).

 

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Page last reviewed: November 20, 2003 Historical Document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