2009 Sexually Transmitted Diseases Surveillance

Table 39. Congenital Syphilis - Reported Cases and Rates in Infants by Year of Birth, by State, Ranked by Rates, United States, 2009

Rank*	State†	Cases	Rate per 100,000 Live Births
1	Maryland	31	40.0
2	Texas	126	31.5
3	Arizona	28	27.3
4	Arkansas	10	24.4
5	Alabama	13	20.6
6	Mississippi	8	17.4
7	Louisiana	11	17.4
8	Tennessee	13	15.4
9	North Dakota	1	11.6
10	California	61	10.8
	U.S. TOTAL‡	427	10.0
11	Georgia	14	9.4
12	Florida	21	8.9
13	Illinois	16	8.9
14	Delaware	1	8.3
15	Rhode Island	1	8.1
16	North Carolina	10	7.8
17	Nevada	3	7.5
18	Missouri	6	7.4
19	Kansas	3	7.3
20	New Jersey	7	6.1
21	New York	15	6.0
22	Hawaii	1	5.3
23	Connecticut	2	4.8
24	Ohio	7	4.6
25	Idaho	1	4.1
26	Oklahoma	2	3.7
27	Kentucky	2	3.4
28	Michigan	4	3.1
29	Pennsylvania	4	2.7
30	Virginia	2	1.9
31	Minnesota	1	1.4
32	Washington	1	1.2
33	Indiana	1	1.1
	YEAR 2010 TARGET		1.0
	Alaska	0	0.0
	Colorado	0	0.0
	Iowa	0	0.0
	Maine	0	0.0
	Massachusetts	0	0.0
	Montana	0	0.0
	Nebraska	0	0.0
	New Hampshire	0	0.0
	New Mexico	0	0.0
	Oregon	0	0.0
	South Carolina	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. States with no cases were not ranked.

† Mother's state of residence was used to assign case.

‡ Total includes cases reported by the District of Columbia, with 0 cases and a rate of 0.0, but excludes outlying areas (Guam with 0 cases and rate of 0.0, Puerto Rico with 5 cases and rate of 10.3, and Virgin Islands with 0 cases and rate of 0.0).

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