Table 26. Primary and Secondary Syphilis — Reported Cases and Rates of Reported Cases by State, Ranked by Rates, United States, 2018

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Rank*	State	Cases	Rate per 100,000 Population
1	Nevada	682	22.7
2	California	7,607	19.2
3	Mississippi	464	15.5
4	Georgia	1,607	15.4
5	Arizona	1,047	14.9
6	New Mexico	304	14.6
7	Louisiana	669	14.3
8	Florida	2,880	13.7
9	Oklahoma	531	13.5
10	New York	2,654	13.4
11	Missouri	806	13.2
12	Maryland	737	12.2
13	Illinois	1,408	11.0
14	Washington	802	10.8
	US TOTAL†	35,063	10.8
15	North Carolina	1,098	10.7
16	Oregon	424	10.2
17	Alabama	477	9.8
18	Arkansas	288	9.6
19	Rhode Island	96	9.1
20	Texas	2,538	9.0
21	Virginia	702	8.3
22	Tennessee	553	8.2
23	Kentucky	366	8.2
24	Massachusetts	552	8.0
25	South Carolina	384	7.6
26	Alaska	55	7.4
27	Michigan	649	6.5
28	Hawaii	92	6.4
29	Ohio	740	6.3
30	New Jersey	570	6.3
31	Pennsylvania	797	6.2
32	Nebraska	119	6.2
33	Colorado	337	6.0
34	Maine	74	5.5
35	Indiana	367	5.5
36	Utah	169	5.4
37	North Dakota	41	5.4
38	Minnesota	292	5.2
39	Kansas	152	5.2
40	New Hampshire	64	4.8
41	South Dakota	41	4.7
42	Montana	45	4.3
43	Wyoming	23	4.0
44	West Virginia	65	3.6
45	Delaware	30	3.1
46	Iowa	86	2.7
47	Idaho	46	2.7
48	Wisconsin	152	2.6
49	Connecticut	91	2.5
50	Vermont	11	1.8

* States were ranked by rate, then by case count, then in alphabetical order, with rates shown rounded to the nearest tenth.

† Total includes cases reported by the District of Columbia with 279 cases and a rate of 40.2 cases per 100,000 population, but excludes territories.

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