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Table 35B. Primary and secondary syphilis — Rates per 100,000 population by age, sex, and race/ethnicity: United States, 1998–2002

  Age Group    Total       White, Non-Hispanic       Black, Non-Hispanic           Hispanic           Asian/Pacific Islander       American Indian/Alaska Native       
   Total    Male    Female      Total    Male    Female      Total    Male    Female      Total    Male    Female      Total    Male    Female      Total    Male    Female   
1998                                                                                      
10-14   0.2   0.1   0.4     0.0   0.0   0.1     1.2   0.3   2.1     0.0   0.0   0.1     0.0   0.0   0.0     0.0   0.0   0.0  
15-19   3.1   1.9   4.4     0.4   0.2   0.7     17.5   11.2   24.1     1.6   1.2   2.0     0.4   0.0   0.8     3.7   3.2   4.3  
20-24   5.8   5.7   6.0     0.9   0.5   1.3     33.4   33.9   33.0     2.8   3.8   1.7     0.7   0.9   0.6     7.1   7.7   6.5  
25-29   5.5   5.5   5.6     1.0   0.8   1.3     31.4   32.3   30.6     3.9   5.0   2.8     0.6   1.0   0.2     7.7   6.3   9.1  
30-34   5.8   6.3   5.4     1.0   1.1   1.0     36.9   40.3   33.9     2.5   3.9   0.9     1.1   1.8   0.4     6.2   5.5   6.9  
35-39   5.2   6.1   4.3     1.1   1.3   0.8     33.9   40.9   27.7     2.6   3.6   1.5     0.8   1.5   0.2     4.6   5.3   3.9  
40-44   3.8   4.9   2.7     0.8   1.2   0.4     25.6   34.0   18.3     1.9   2.9   1.0     0.4   0.5   0.2     3.5   4.4   2.7  
45-54   2.3   3.4   1.1     0.5   0.8   0.2     17.0   27.2   8.7     1.6   2.6   0.7     0.1   0.2   0.0     0.5   0.0   0.9  
55-64   1.0   1.8   0.3     0.3   0.5   0.0     7.3   13.6   2.6     1.0   1.9   0.2     0.3   0.6   0.0     1.6   3.3   0.0  
65+   0.3   0.6   0.1     0.1   0.1   0.0     2.6   5.6   0.7     0.5   1.0   0.2     0.0   0.0   0.0     0.7   1.7   0.0  
TOTAL   2.6   3.0   2.2     0.5   0.6   0.4     16.9   19.4   14.6     1.5   2.1   0.9     0.4   0.5   0.2     2.8   2.9   2.7  
1999                                                                                      
10-14   0.1   0.0   0.2     0.0   0.0   0.0     0.7   0.1   1.4     0.0   0.0   0.1     0.0   0.0   0.0     0.0   0.0   0.0  
15-19   2.7   1.8   3.6     0.4   0.2   0.5     14.6   9.4   19.8     1.6   1.7   1.4     0.1   0.3   0.0     4.2   2.1   6.4  
20-24   5.4   5.6   5.1     1.0   0.8   1.3     28.0   30.2   26.0     4.1   5.4   2.7     0.7   0.9   0.6     6.5   6.4   6.6  
25-29   5.5   5.6   5.3     1.1   1.1   1.2     29.9   30.9   29.1     3.6   5.1   2.1     0.9   1.9   0.0     7.2   2.5   12.0  
30-34   5.5   6.1   5.0     1.2   1.5   1.0     31.8   34.9   29.1     3.6   5.3   1.9     1.3   1.5   1.2     4.3   1.4   7.1  
35-39   5.1   6.1   4.2     1.2   1.4   1.0     32.2   39.0   26.1     2.7   4.2   1.0     0.5   1.0   0.0     5.3   4.0   6.7  
40-44   3.6   4.9   2.4     0.9   1.2   0.5     23.0   31.9   15.1     2.6   4.2   0.9     0.9   0.8   1.0     1.4   0.0   2.8  
45-54   2.1   3.3   1.0     0.5   0.7   0.3     14.9   25.3   6.3     1.4   2.5   0.4     0.4   0.8   0.0     2.8   3.8   1.8  
55-64   1.0   1.7   0.3     0.3   0.5   0.1     6.7   13.3   1.7     1.3   2.1   0.6     0.2   0.0   0.3     0.8   1.6   0.0  
65+   0.2   0.5   0.0     0.1   0.2   0.0     1.7   3.6   0.4     0.2   0.5   0.0     0.0   0.0   0.0     0.0   0.0   0.0  
TOTAL   2.4   2.9   2.0     0.5   0.6   0.4     15.0   17.8   12.4     1.7   2.5   0.9     0.4   0.6   0.3     2.7   1.9   3.5  
2000                                                                                      
10-14   0.1   0.0   0.2     0.0   0.0   0.0     0.6   0.3   1.0     0.0   0.0   0.0     0.0   0.0   0.0     0.5   0.0   1.0  
15-19   2.3   1.6   3.0     0.4   0.2   0.6     12.4   8.7   16.2     1.3   1.3   1.3     0.1   0.0   0.3     2.0   1.0   3.1  
20-24   4.6   4.3   5.0     0.9   0.7   1.2     24.8   24.2   25.4     3.0   3.5   2.3     0.5   0.2   0.7     8.0   3.7   12.4  
25-29   4.7   5.4   3.9     1.2   1.5   0.9     24.8   27.9   21.9     3.2   4.5   1.7     0.8   1.4   0.2     6.0   9.3   2.6  
30-34   4.7   5.4   4.0     1.3   1.7   0.9     25.4   28.3   22.8     3.0   4.3   1.5     1.1   1.9   0.4     3.3   2.7   3.9  
35-39   4.4   5.3   3.5     1.4   1.8   0.9     23.5   28.1   19.4     4.0   5.5   2.3     0.5   0.9   0.2     4.2   3.7   4.6  
40-44   3.5   4.5   2.5     1.1   1.4   0.7     20.4   26.9   14.6     2.2   3.2   1.2     0.2   0.5   0.0     3.1   3.9   2.4  
45-54   1.9   2.9   0.9     0.5   0.8   0.2     12.5   19.9   6.2     1.4   2.1   0.7     0.3   0.6   0.0     1.6   3.3   0.0  
55-64   0.7   1.3   0.2     0.2   0.4   0.0     5.2   10.0   1.4     0.6   1.3   0.1     0.0   0.0   0.0     1.4   1.4   1.3  
65+   0.2   0.5   0.0     0.1   0.2   0.0     1.8   4.1   0.3     0.2   0.4   0.0     0.1   0.3   0.0     0.8   1.9   0.0  
TOTAL   2.1   2.6   1.7     0.5   0.7   0.4     12.2   14.4   10.2     1.6   2.2   0.9     0.3   0.5   0.1     2.4   2.4   2.4  
2001                                                                                      
10-14   0.1   0.0   0.2     0.0   0.0   0.0     0.5   0.1   1.0     0.1   0.1   0.1     0.0   0.0   0.0     0.0   0.0   0.0  
15-19   1.9   1.4   2.5     0.2   0.2   0.3     9.9   6.5   13.3     1.8   1.7   2.0     0.3   0.3   0.3     2.1   2.1   2.1  
20-24   4.4   5.0   3.8     1.0   1.2   0.7     21.4   23.1   19.7     4.1   5.6   2.2     0.7   1.1   0.2     9.3   4.9   13.9  
25-29   4.5   5.9   3.1     1.2   2.0   0.5     21.7   26.7   17.3     4.1   6.3   1.6     1.2   2.4   0.0     11.4   14.8   8.0  
30-34   4.7   6.4   3.0     1.7   2.8   0.6     21.5   26.6   16.9     4.4   7.0   1.4     1.1   2.4   0.0     10.7   12.2   9.2  
35-39   5.0   7.2   2.9     2.1   3.5   0.6     23.1   29.9   17.0     4.7   8.2   1.0     1.5   3.0   0.2     7.3   6.3   8.1  
40-44   3.6   5.3   2.0     1.4   2.4   0.4     18.7   26.4   11.9     2.6   4.0   1.0     0.2   0.5   0.0     8.9   12.0   6.1  
45-54   2.1   3.4   0.9     0.8   1.4   0.2     12.6   20.0   6.2     2.0   3.3   0.6     0.3   0.5   0.1     2.4   3.4   1.6  
55-64   0.8   1.4   0.2     0.3   0.5   0.0     5.1   9.4   1.6     1.0   1.9   0.2     0.3   0.5   0.0     1.4   3.0   0.0  
65+   0.2   0.4   0.0     0.1   0.2   0.0     1.3   2.8   0.3     0.2   0.6   0.0     0.0   0.0   0.0     0.8   1.8   0.0  
TOTAL   2.2   3.0   1.4     0.7   1.2   0.2     11.0   13.8   8.4     2.1   3.3   0.9     0.5   1.0   0.1     4.2   4.7   3.8  
2002                                                                                      
10-14   0.1   0.0   0.1     0.0   0.0   0.0     0.3   0.1   0.5     0.1   0.1   0.1     0.1   0.0   0.3     0.0   0.0   0.0  
15-19   1.7   1.3   2.2     0.3   0.1   0.4     8.6   6.0   11.3     1.9   2.2   1.7     0.2   0.0   0.5     0.5   0.0   1.0  
20-24   4.4   5.5   3.3     1.1   1.5   0.7     20.7   24.4   17.2     4.3   6.2   1.9     1.5   2.1   0.9     5.0   6.2   3.8  
25-29   4.6   6.8   2.4     1.8   3.1   0.6     19.1   26.6   12.2     4.9   7.6   1.7     1.6   3.1   0.2     2.7   4.1   1.3  
30-34   5.4   8.5   2.2     3.0   5.5   0.5     18.2   25.0   12.0     6.1   10.3   1.4     2.2   4.2   0.2     2.0   1.4   2.7  
35-39   6.0   9.9   2.2     3.6   6.8   0.4     20.1   29.0   12.2     7.1   12.1   1.7     1.6   3.0   0.2     4.8   3.9   5.8  
40-44   4.6   7.6   1.6     2.8   5.2   0.3     16.6   24.1   9.9     4.4   7.9   0.7     1.6   3.2   0.2     4.5   5.3   3.7  
45-54   2.6   4.5   0.8     1.4   2.6   0.2     11.8   19.6   5.1     2.7   4.4   0.9     0.6   1.3   0.0     6.1   6.8   5.5  
55-64   0.9   1.7   0.2     0.5   1.0   0.0     4.6   8.9   1.2     0.6   1.3   0.0     0.0   0.0   0.0     1.4   1.5   1.3  
65+   0.2   0.4   0.0     0.1   0.1   0.0     1.5   3.2   0.4     0.5   1.2   0.1     0.0   0.0   0.0     0.8   1.9   0.0  
TOTAL   2.4   3.8   1.1     1.2   2.2   0.2     9.8   13.5   6.5     2.7   4.5   0.9     0.9   1.6   0.2     2.4   2.6   2.2  

NOTE: These tables should be used only for race/ethnicity comparisons, not for age, sex, or overall totals. If age or race/ethnicity was not specified, cases were prorated according to the distribution of cases for which these variables were specified. For 1998, ID and NJ did not report age and/or race/ethnicity for most cases and were excluded. Cases and population denominators have been excluded for these states/areas. Differences between total rates from this table and others in the report are due to different reporting forms and above listed exclusions. The 0 to 9 year age group is not shown because some of these may not be due to sexual transmission; however, they are included in the totals.

 

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