2011 Sexually Transmitted Diseases Surveillance

Table 40. Congenital Syphilis – Reported Cases and Rates in Infants by Year of Birth, by State, Ranked by Rates, United States, 2011

Rank*	State†	Cases	Rate per 100,000 Live Births
1	Arkansas	15	36.9
2	Maryland	24	31.1
3	Louisiana	18	27.6
4	Texas	107	26.4
5	Alabama	10	15.5
6	Arizona	14	14.1
7	Florida	32	13.8
8	Mississippi	6	13.3
9	Illinois	18	10.2
10	Tennessee	8	9.4
	YEAR 2020 TARGET		9.1
11	Ohio	13	8.7
	U.S. TOTAL‡	360	8.5
12	Nevada	3	7.6
13	California	40	7.2
14	Georgia	10	6.8
15	New York	13	5.2
16	Michigan	6	5.0
17	New Jersey	5	4.4
18	North Carolina	5	3.8
19	Oklahoma	2	3.7
20	Kentucky	2	3.4
21	Pennsylvania	5	3.3
22	Washington	2	2.2
23	Missouri	1	1.2
	Alaska	0	0.0
	Colorado	0	0.0
	Connecticut	0	0.0
	Delaware	0	0.0
	Hawaii	0	0.0
	Idaho	0	0.0
	Indiana	0	0.0
	Iowa	0	0.0
	Kansas	0	0.0
	Maine	0	0.0
	Massachusetts	0	0.0
	Minnesota	0	0.0
	Montana	0	0.0
	Nebraska	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 Carolina	0	0.0
	South Dakota	0	0.0
	Utah	0	0.0
	Vermont	0	0.0
	Virginia	0	0.0
	West Virginia	0	0.0
	Wisconsin	0	0.0
	Wyoming	0	0.0

* States were ranked by rate, then case count, with rates shown rounded to the nearest tenth. 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 1 case and a rate of 11.0, but excludes outlying areas (Guam with 0 cases and rate of 0.0, Puerto Rico with 2 cases and rate of 4.4, and Virgin Islands with 0 cases and rate of 0.0).

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