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Table 32. Primary and secondary syphilis — Women – 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 1   0   0   0   0   0.4   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
Albuquerque, NM 6   3   3   1   6   2.2   1.1   1.1   0.4   2.1
Atlanta, GA 62   85   37   67   57   16.0   21.8   8.9   16.2   13.8
Austin, TX 6   2   2   3   3   1.7   0.5   0.5   0.8   0.8
Baltimore, MD 222   112   92   77   33   64.4   33.2   26.5   22.2   9.5
Birmingham, AL 15   10   15   8   4   4.3   2.9   4.3   2.3   1.1
Boston, MA 5   5   5   1   6   1.7   1.7   1.6   0.3   1.9
Buffalo, NY 1   0   1   0   0   0.6   0.0   0.6   0.0   0.0
Charlotte, NC 36   18   24   12   13   11.0   5.3   6.8   3.4   3.7
Chicago, IL 119   116   129   61   43   7.7   7.5   8.1   3.8   2.7
Cincinnati, OH 8   0   0   2   2   1.8   0.0   0.0   0.5   0.5
Cleveland, OH 15   3   2   2   3   2.1   0.4   0.3   0.3   0.4
Columbus, OH 32   21   14   17   10   6.0   3.9   2.5   3.1   1.8
Corpus Christi, TX 0   1   1   1   1   0.0   0.6   0.6   0.6   0.6
Dallas, TX 46   57   36   49   76   4.4   5.4   3.2   4.4   6.8
Dayton, OH 3   0   1   1   0   1.0   0.0   0.3   0.3   0.0
Denver, CO 2   3   0   2   0   0.8   1.2   0.0   0.7   0.0
Des Moines, IA 0   0   1   0   2   0.0   0.0   0.5   0.0   1.0
Detroit, MI 67   74   121   136   168   10.1   11.2   24.1   27.0   33.4
El Paso, TX 0   2   1   2   4   0.0   0.5   0.3   0.6   1.1
Fort Worth, TX 9   4   7   16   45   1.3   0.6   1.0   2.2   6.2
Honolulu, HI 0   2   0   0   1   0.0   0.5   0.0   0.0   0.2
Houston, TX 44   30   27   28   16   2.7   1.8   1.6   1.6   0.9
Indianapolis, IN 87   204   170   60   10   20.4   48.0   38.2   13.5   2.2
Jacksonville, FL 8   3   11   18   8   2.1   0.8   2.7   4.5   2.0
Jersey City, NJ 0   0   1   2   1   0.0   0.0   0.8   1.6   0.8
Kansas City, MO 2   5   0   2   1   0.8   2.1   0.0   0.9   0.4
Los Angeles, CA 50   25   19   9   18   1.1   0.6   0.4   0.2   0.4
Louisville, KY 45   30   26   9   39   12.7   8.4   7.2   2.5   10.8
Memphis, TN 134   126   123   106   51   29.4   27.5   26.2   22.6   10.9
Miami, FL 11   24   40   40   33   1.0   2.1   3.4   3.4   2.8
Milwaukee, WI 35   17   21   12   4   7.3   3.6   4.3   2.5   0.8
Minneapolis, MN 2   3   3   12   2   1.1   1.6   1.5   6.2   1.0
Nashville, TN 93   102   83   29   10   33.1   36.6   28.2   9.9   3.4
New Orleans, LA 41   24   8   11   3   16.4   9.7   3.1   4.3   1.2
New York City, NY 18   28   10   19   18   0.5   0.7   0.2   0.5   0.4
Newark, NJ 14   10   9   21   26   9.4   6.7   5.7   13.3   16.5
Norfolk, VA 13   7   14   20   4   11.9   6.4   12.2   17.5   3.5
Oakland, CA 5   2   3   1   0   0.8   0.3   0.4   0.1   0.0
Oklahoma City, OK 26   42   39   18   10   12.3   19.7   17.8   8.2   4.6
Omaha, NE 1   2   1   1   1   0.4   0.9   0.4   0.4   0.4
Philadelphia, PA 30   21   25   24   14   3.9   2.8   3.1   3.0   1.7
Phoenix, AZ 64   62   75   39   59   4.5   4.3   4.9   2.5   3.8
Pittsburgh, PA 0   0   2   1   2   0.0   0.0   0.3   0.1   0.3
Portland, OR 1   3   4   1   5   0.4   1.2   1.5   0.4   1.9
Richmond, VA 8   7   2   3   1   7.5   6.7   1.9   2.8   0.9
Rochester, NY 4   0   0   1   1   3.2   0.0   0.0   0.8   0.8
Sacramento, CA 0   1   1   1   0   0.0   0.2   0.2   0.2   0.0
San Antonio, TX 8   10   23   24   12   1.1   1.4   3.2   3.4   1.7
San Diego, CA 7   6   6   6   6   0.5   0.4   0.4   0.4   0.4
San Francisco, CA 4   1   5   2   4   1.1   0.3   1.3   0.5   1.0
San Jose, CA 1   0   0   1   1   0.1   0.0   0.0   0.1   0.1
Seattle, WA 1   2   4   1   0   0.1   0.2   0.5   0.1   0.0
St Louis, MO 25   28   3   6   4   13.6   15.5   1.6   3.2   2.2
St Paul, MN 2   1   1   1   0   1.4   0.7   0.7   0.7   0.0
St Petersburg, FL 4   2   3   2   2   0.9   0.4   0.6   0.4   0.4
Tampa, FL 20   7   10   6   8   4.2   1.4   2.0   1.2   1.6
Toledo, OH 4   5   0   0   4   1.7   2.1   0.0   0.0   1.7
Tucson, AZ 1   1   2   5   7   0.2   0.2   0.5   1.2   1.6
Tulsa, OK 6   22   4   1   5   3.0   11.1   2.0   0.5   2.5
Washington, DC 34   24   10   8   9   12.2   8.7   3.3   2.6   3.0
Wichita, KS 1   4   1   1   1   0.4   1.7   0.4   0.4   0.4
Yonkers, NY 1   0   0   0   1   1.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   1.0
U.S. CITY TOTAL* 1,510   1,409   1,281   1,010   878   4.1   3.8   3.4   2.7   2.3
San Juan, PR 38   34   32   38   31   7.0   6.2   6.0   7.2   5.8
TOTAL 1,548   1,443   1,313   1,048   909   4.2   3.9   3.4   2.7   2.4

*Cases reported with unknown sex are not included in this table.

 


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