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Table 36. Early latent 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 1 2 1 1 4 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.7
Albuquerque, NM 19 8 10 15 29 3.4 1.4 1.7 2.6 5.0
Atlanta, GA 173 398 406 464 189 21.2 48.2 49.2 56.7 23.1
Austin, TX 27 31 23 35 48 4.3 4.7 3.4 5.2 7.1
Baltimore, MD 384 257 124 161 138 59.2 39.8 19.4 25.6 22.0
Birmingham, AL 62 35 27 23 38 9.4 5.3 4.1 3.5 5.8
Boston, MA 29 26 50 64 32 4.8 4.3 8.4 10.8 5.4
Buffalo, NY 1 0 2 2 1 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.3
Charlotte, NC 63 69 40 24 41 9.0 9.6 5.4 3.2 5.4
Chicago, IL 292 298 439 296 272 9.5 9.6 14.2 9.6 8.9
Cincinnati, OH 2 2 0 0 7 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.9
Cleveland, OH 29 31 10 3 20 2.1 2.2 0.7 0.2 1.5
Columbus, OH 32 33 48 35 61 3.0 3.1 4.4 3.2 5.6
Corpus Christi, TX 3 1 1 10 1 1.1 0.4 0.4 3.6 0.4
Dallas, TX 361 247 351 298 230 30.2 20.3 29.0 24.6 19.0
Dayton, OH 2 4 1 3 3 0.4 0.7 0.2 0.5 0.5
Denver, CO 1 4 12 13 13 0.2 0.7 2.1 2.3 2.3
Des Moines, IA 6 4 5 2 8 1.6 1.1 1.3 0.5 2.1
Detroit, MI 328 293 172 90 85 34.5 30.9 18.2 9.6 9.1
El Paso, TX 11 14 32 27 23 1.9 2.4 5.5 4.6 3.9
Fort Worth, TX 80 60 115 58 32 14.9 10.9 20.3 10.0 5.5
Honolulu, HI 1 4 16 6 3 0.1 0.5 1.8 0.7 0.3
Houston, TX 134 137 136 150 169 7.1 7.2 6.8 7.4 8.3
Indianapolis, IN 125 82 30 22 21 14.5 9.5 3.5 2.5 2.4
Jacksonville, FL 46 54 25 35 66 5.9 6.8 3.1 4.3 8.1
Jersey City, NJ 1 6 15 13 22 0.4 2.5 6.2 5.4 9.2
Kansas City, MO 4 1 5 15 14 0.9 0.2 1.1 3.3 3.1
Los Angeles, CA 187 203 349 384 391 2.1 2.2 3.8 4.2 4.2
Louisville, KY 40 20 33 26 15 5.8 2.9 4.7 3.7 2.1
Memphis, TN 325 356 202 154 156 36.2 39.5 22.3 17.0 17.2
Miami, FL 329 221 295 345 253 14.5 9.6 12.6 14.7 10.8
Milwaukee, WI 55 35 51 34 29 5.9 3.7 5.4 3.6 3.1
Minneapolis, MN 11 8 17 23 11 2.9 2.1 4.4 6.0 2.9
Nashville, TN 173 137 109 25 22 30.3 24.0 19.1 4.4 3.9
New Orleans, LA 32 31 39 36 63 6.6 6.5 8.2 7.7 13.4
New York City, NY 447 548 726 958 677 5.6 6.8 9.0 11.8 8.4
Newark, NJ 58 74 74 121 144 19.3 24.5 24.5 40.1 47.7
Norfolk, VA 23 25 14 11 13 9.8 10.6 5.9 4.6 5.4
Oakland, CA 4 12 12 28 16 0.3 0.8 0.8 1.9 1.1
Oklahoma City, OK 86 73 74 53 43 20.2 17.0 17.1 12.2 9.9
Omaha, NE 1 0 0 0 0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Philadelphia, PA 261 248 214 194 151 17.2 16.5 14.3 13.1 10.2
Phoenix, AZ 220 243 150 161 154 7.1 7.6 4.5 4.8 4.5
Pittsburgh, PA 1 4 6 5 6 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.5
Portland, OR 12 7 17 16 19 2.3 1.3 3.2 3.0 3.6
Richmond, VA 18 28 11 16 9 9.1 14.2 5.6 8.2 4.6
Rochester, NY 0 1 2 6 1 0.0 0.4 0.8 2.4 0.4
Sacramento, CA 2 5 8 3 6 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.5
San Antonio, TX 102 120 105 62 74 8.9 10.3 8.8 5.1 6.1
San Diego, CA 10 16 34 41 84 0.4 0.6 1.2 1.4 2.9
San Francisco, CA 18 47 173 191 202 2.3 6.1 22.6 25.4 26.9
San Jose, CA 4 12 11 20 13 0.2 0.7 0.7 1.2 0.8
Seattle, WA 16 14 10 24 39 0.9 0.8 0.6 1.4 2.2
St Louis, MO 21 15 23 12 21 6.1 4.4 6.8 3.6 6.3
St Paul, MN 1 4 2 8 2 0.4 1.4 0.7 2.8 0.7
St Petersburg, FL 23 6 19 40 38 2.5 0.6 2.1 4.3 4.1
Tampa, FL 56 51 57 98 63 5.6 5.0 5.4 9.1 5.9
Toledo, OH 3 1 3 7 3 0.7 0.2 0.7 1.5 0.7
Tucson, AZ 14 8 29 46 32 1.6 0.9 3.3 5.2 3.6
Tulsa, OK 8 5 16 6 10 2.0 1.3 4.0 1.5 2.5
Washington, DC 238 219 192 152 113 41.6 38.2 33.6 26.9 20.0
Wichita, KS 1 7 3 4 6 0.2 1.5 0.6 0.9 1.3
Yonkers, NY 0 0 1 5 2 0.0 0.0 0.5 2.5 1.0
U.S. CITY TOTAL 5,017 4,905 5,177 5,180 4,451 7.2 7.0 7.3 7.3 6.2
San Juan, PR 250 232 210 343 155 24.5 22.7 20.5 33.4 15.1
TOTAL 5,267 5,137 5,387 5,523 4,606 7.4 7.2 7.5 7.6 6.4

See Appendix (Reporting of City-specific Surveillance Data).

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