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Table 23. All stages of syphilis* — Reported cases and rates in selected cities listed in alphabetical order: United States and outlying areas, 2000–2004

City Cases Rates per 100,000 Population
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Akron, OH 2 4 5 5 10 0.4 0.7 0.9 0.9 1.8
Albuquerque, NM 63 43 60 75 98 11.3 7.6 10.5 12.9 16.9
Atlanta, GA 384 799 827 966 725 47.0 96.8 100.2 118.0 88.6
Austin, TX 59 115 101 127 169 9.3 17.6 15.0 18.8 25.0
Baltimore, MD 728 477 400 457 484 112.2 73.9 62.6 72.7 77.0
Birmingham, AL 212 151 127 111 103 32.0 22.8 19.2 16.9 15.7
Boston, MA 160 157 231 298 219 26.7 26.1 38.6 50.5 37.1
Buffalo, NY 10 12 10 9 11 3.1 3.7 3.1 2.8 3.4
Charlotte, NC 151 130 102 109 115 21.6 18.0 13.8 14.5 15.3
Chicago, IL 1,090 1,094 1,149 947 977 35.3 35.4 37.2 30.8 31.8
Cincinnati, OH 14 16 21 11 39 1.7 1.9 2.5 1.3 4.7
Cleveland, OH 42 39 26 34 48 3.0 2.8 1.9 2.5 3.5
Columbus, OH 90 140 189 217 210 8.4 12.9 17.4 19.9 19.3
Corpus Christi, TX 10 10 12 26 14 3.6 3.6 4.3 9.3 5.0
Dallas, TX 587 702 1,044 850 777 49.2 57.8 86.2 70.2 64.2
Dayton, OH 17 18 9 13 11 3.0 3.2 1.6 2.4 2.0
Denver, CO 23 64 89 77 86 4.1 11.4 15.9 13.8 15.4
Des Moines, IA 18 15 19 16 22 4.8 3.9 4.9 4.1 5.7
Detroit, MI 771 925 880 624 563 81.1 97.6 93.2 66.6 60.1
El Paso, TX 92 106 119 110 111 16.3 18.5 20.6 18.8 19.0
Fort Worth, TX 191 267 374 224 171 35.5 48.4 66.0 38.7 29.6
Honolulu, HI 15 30 52 53 28 1.7 3.4 5.8 5.9 3.1
Houston, TX 850 922 1,034 991 1,044 45.3 48.2 51.4 48.8 51.4
Indianapolis, IN 521 306 135 122 108 60.5 35.4 15.6 14.1 12.5
Jacksonville, FL 125 139 69 125 201 16.0 17.5 8.6 15.3 24.6
Jersey City, NJ 27 39 59 52 61 11.2 16.1 24.4 21.7 25.4
Kansas City, MO 46 30 37 56 54 10.2 6.6 8.1 12.3 11.9
Los Angeles, CA 1,857 1,339 1,626 1,755 2,061 20.8 14.8 17.7 19.0 22.3
Louisville, KY 149 100 141 101 99 21.5 14.4 20.2 14.4 14.2
Memphis, TN 882 896 541 477 462 98.2 99.5 59.7 52.6 51.0
Miami, FL 829 1,044 1,297 1,167 994 36.7 45.5 55.6 49.8 42.5
Milwaukee, WI 151 98 88 62 67 16.1 10.4 9.4 6.6 7.2
Minneapolis, MN 34 63 79 73 55 8.8 16.3 20.5 18.9 14.3
Nashville, TN 523 379 294 198 161 91.7 66.4 51.5 34.7 28.3
New Orleans, LA 124 101 102 204 329 25.6 21.1 21.5 43.5 70.1
New York City, NY 2,712 3,304 3,486 3,825 3,708 33.8 41.0 43.1 47.3 45.9
Newark, NJ 265 377 343 360 244 88.2 125.0 113.4 119.3 80.8
Norfolk, VA 85 83 47 48 51 36.3 35.3 19.7 19.9 21.1
Oakland, CA 91 109 176 173 144 6.3 7.4 12.0 11.8 9.9
Oklahoma City, OK 193 160 170 193 90 45.3 37.3 39.3 44.3 20.7
Omaha, NE 6 3 15 21 8 1.3 0.6 3.2 4.4 1.7
Philadelphia, PA 618 646 566 586 470 40.8 43.0 37.9 39.6 31.8
Phoenix, AZ 738 959 855 829 644 23.8 30.0 25.9 24.5 19.0
Pittsburgh, PA 7 15 26 30 28 0.5 1.2 2.0 2.4 2.2
Portland, OR 30 29 48 64 52 5.7 5.5 9.0 12.0 9.7
Richmond, VA 40 58 25 42 30 20.3 29.3 12.7 21.6 15.4
Rochester, NY 7 4 13 24 29 2.8 1.6 5.2 9.7 11.7
Sacramento, CA 25 33 38 31 56 2.0 2.6 2.9 2.3 4.2
San Antonio, TX 287 364 306 213 329 25.0 31.2 25.6 17.5 27.1
San Diego, CA 232 152 162 299 356 8.2 5.3 5.6 10.2 12.1
San Francisco, CA 163 301 604 655 706 21.0 38.8 79.1 87.1 93.9
San Jose, CA 43 92 93 135 112 2.5 5.4 5.5 8.0 6.7
Seattle, WA 116 110 96 134 227 6.7 6.3 5.5 7.6 12.9
St Louis, MO 115 63 80 51 106 33.1 18.4 23.6 15.4 31.9
St Paul, MN 9 16 16 27 8 3.2 5.6 5.6 9.6 2.8
St Petersburg, FL 64 40 81 128 97 6.9 4.3 8.7 13.8 10.5
Tampa, FL 132 148 222 265 197 13.2 14.4 21.1 24.7 18.4
Toledo, OH 18 3 18 18 12 4.0 0.7 4.0 4.0 2.6
Tucson, AZ 36 72 91 126 137 4.2 8.3 10.3 14.1 15.3
Tulsa, OK 32 22 30 35 23 8.1 5.5 7.5 8.8 5.8
Washington, DC 516 459 431 330 357 90.3 80.0 75.5 58.5 63.3
Wichita, KS 10 15 13 13 29 2.2 3.3 2.8 2.8 6.3
Yonkers, NY 10 13 27 30 38 5.0 6.5 13.4 14.8 18.8
U.S. CITY TOTAL 17,447 18,420 19,426 19,427 18,975 25.0 26.1 27.3 27.3 26.6
San Juan, PR 545 483 443 579 466 53.4 47.2 43.2 56.4 45.4
TOTAL 17,992 18,903 19,869 20,006 19,441 25.4 26.4 27.6 27.7 26.9

*See Appendix (Syphilis Morbidity Reporting) for definition and (Reporting of City-specific Surveillance Data).

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