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Table 40. Congenital syphilis — Reported cases and rates in infants <1 year of age: United States (excluding outlying areas), 1963–2002
| Year | Cases | Rate per 100,000 Live Births | |||
| 1963* | 367 | 9.2 | |||
| 1964* | 336 | 8.7 | |||
| 1965* | 335 | 8.9 | |||
| 1966* | 333 | 8.8 | |||
| 1967 | 156 | 4.1 | |||
| 1968 | 274 | 7.3 | |||
| 1969 | 264 | 7.0 | |||
| 1970 | 323 | 8.6 | |||
| 1971 | 422 | 11.9 | |||
| 1972 | 360 | 11.0 | |||
| 1973 | 295 | 9.4 | |||
| 1974 | 250 | 7.9 | |||
| 1975 | 169 | 5.3 | |||
| 1976 | 160 | 5.1 | |||
| 1977 | 134 | 4.0 | |||
| 1978 | 104 | 3.0 | |||
| 1979 | 123 | 3.5 | |||
| 1980 | 107 | 3.0 | |||
| 1981 | 160 | 4.4 | |||
| 1982 | 159 | 4.3 | |||
| 1983 | 158 | 4.3 | |||
| 1984 | 247 | 6.7 | |||
| 1985 | 266 | 7.1 | |||
| 1986 | 357 | 9.5 | |||
| 1987 | 444 | 11.7 | |||
| 1988 | 658 | 16.8 | |||
| 1989 | 1,807 | 44.7 | |||
| 1990 | 3,816 | 91.8 | |||
| 1991 | 4,410 | 107.3 | |||
| 1992 | 4,024 | 99.0 | |||
| 1993 | 3,395 | 84.9 | |||
| 1994 | 2,435 | 61.6 | |||
| 1995 | 1,860 | 47.7 | |||
| 1996 | 1,280 | 32.9 | |||
| 1997 | 1,079 | 27.8 | |||
| 1998 | 840 | 21.3 | |||
| 1999 | 575 | 14.5 | |||
| 2000 | 574 | 14.1 | |||
| 2001 | 492 | 12.2 | |||
| 2002 | 412 | 10.2 | |||
*For 1963 to 1966 data were reported for the federal fiscal year ending June 30 of the year indicated.
NOTE: The surveillance case definition for congenital syphilis changed in 1988. As of 1995, cases of congenital syphilis <1 year of age are obtained using case reporting form CDC 73.126. Yearly case counts in this table correspond to confirmed diagnoses of congenital syphilis among those known to be less than one year of age. As a result, the case counts in this table are a subset of those listed in Table 1 for the years prior to 1995.