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Table 41. Congenital syphilis — Reported cases and rates in infants <1 year of age by state/area, ranked by rates: United States, 2002
| Rank* | State/Area† | Cases | Rate per 100,000 Live Births | ||
| 1 | New Jersey | 36 | 31.1 | ||
| 2 | South Carolina | 14 | 25.1 | ||
| 3 | Michigan | 32 | 24.0 | ||
| 4 | Arizona | 19 | 22.2 | ||
| 5 | Arkansas | 8 | 21.6 | ||
| 6 | Illinois | 39 | 21.2 | ||
| 7 | Maryland | 15 | 20.5 | ||
| 8 | Texas | 73 | 20.0 | ||
| 9 | Mississippi | 6 | 14.2 | ||
| 10 | Florida | 28 | 13.6 | ||
| 11 | North Carolina | 13 | 11.0 | ||
| 12 | California | 56 | 10.6 | ||
| U.S. TOTAL§ | 412 | 10.2 | |||
| 13 | Alabama | 6 | 9.9 | ||
| 14 | New York | 25 | 9.8 | ||
| 15 | Indiana | 7 | 8.1 | ||
| 16 | Georgia | 10 | 7.5 | ||
| 17 | Kentucky | 3 | 5.5 | ||
| 18 | Oklahoma | 2 | 4.0 | ||
| 19 | Pennsylvania | 5 | 3.5 | ||
| 20 | Colorado | 2 | 3.0 | ||
| 21 | Tennessee | 2 | 2.6 | ||
| 22 | Washington | 2 | 2.5 | ||
| 23 | Ohio | 3 | 2.0 | ||
| 24 | Louisiana | 1 | 1.5 | ||
| 25 | Minnesota | 1 | 1.5 | ||
| 26 | Missouri | 1 | 1.3 | ||
| 27 | Massachusetts | 1 | 1.2 | ||
| YEAR 2010 OBJECTIVE | 1.0 | ||||
| 28 | Virginia | 1 | 1.0 | ||
| Alaska | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Connecticut | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Delaware | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Hawaii | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Idaho | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Iowa | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Kansas | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Maine | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Montana | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Nebraska | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Nevada | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| New Hampshire | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| New Mexico | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| North Dakota | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Oregon | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Rhode Island | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| South Dakota | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Utah | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Vermont | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| West Virginia | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Wisconsin | 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. †Mother’s state of residence used to assign case.
§Total includes cases reported by Washington, D.C. but excludes outlying areas (Guam with 0 cases and rate of 0.0, Puerto Rico with 20 cases and rate of 35.8, and Virgin Islands with 0 cases and rate of 0.0).