Table 31. Congenital Syphilis — Reported Cases and Rates of Reported Cases by State, Ranked by Rates, United States, 2022

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Table 31. Congenital Syphilis — Reported Cases and Rates of Reported Cases by State, Ranked by Rates, United States, 2022
Rank* State† Cases Rate per 100,000 Live Births
1 New Mexico 76 355.3
2 South Dakota 40 351.8
3 Arizona 219 281.1
4 Texas 922 246.8
5 Oklahoma 110 227.2
6 Mississippi 73 207.6
7 Louisiana 115 200.2
8 Nevada 65 193.0
9 Arkansas 69 191.9
10 Hawaii 27 172.9
11 California 616 146.5
12 Montana 15 133.6
13 Alaska 12 128.1
14 Florida 276 127.6
15 Missouri 82 118.1
US TOTAL‡ 3,755 102.5
16 Oregon 37 90.4
17 Georgia 101 81.4
18 West Virginia 13 75.6
19 Tennessee 61 74.6
20 Alabama 43 74.1
21 Ohio 90 69.3
22 Kentucky 35 67.0
23 Maryland 45 65.9
24 Illinois 85 64.3
25 Washington 52 62.0
26 Colorado 31 49.2
27 Rhode Island 5 47.8
28 Indiana 38 47.5
29 North Carolina 57 47.3
30 New Jersey 48 47.3
31 Nebraska 11 44.7
32 South Carolina 25 43.7
33 Wisconsin 26 42.1
34 Delaware 4 38.2
35 Kansas 13 37.5
36 Michigan 36 34.3
37 Minnesota 20 31.0
38 Pennsylvania 39 29.4
39 Maine 3 25.0
40 New Hampshire 3 23.8
41 New York 50 23.7
42 Iowa 8 21.7
43 Virginia 20 20.9
44 North Dakota 2 19.8
45 Connecticut 7 19.6
46 Massachusetts 11 15.9
47 Utah 7 15.0
Idaho 0 0.0
Vermont 0 0.0
Wyoming 0 0.0
* States were ranked by rate; then case count, then in alphabetical order, with rates shown rounded to the nearest tenth.
† Mother’s state of residence was used to assign case.
‡Total includes cases reported by the District of Columbia with 12 cases and a rate of 138.6, but excludes territories.
NOTE: See Technical Notes for more information on syphilis case reporting. This report includes data from years that coincide with the COVID-19 pandemic, which introduced uncertainty and difficulty in interpreting case data. See Impact of COVID-19 on STIs for more information.

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