Table 21. All stages of syphilis* —Reported cases and rates by state/area and region listed in alphabetical order: United States and outlying areas, 2001–2005

State/Area	Cases					Rates per 100,000 Population
	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Alabama	724	700	567	639	551	16.2	15.6	12.6	14.1	12.2
Alaska	9	9	8	15	22	1.4	1.4	1.2	2.3	3.4
Arizona	1,149	1,086	1,106	974	792	21.7	19.9	19.8	17.0	13.8
Arkansas	239	219	296	249	231	8.9	8.1	10.9	9.0	8.4
California	3,053	3,917	4,207	4,588	5,340	8.8	11.2	11.9	12.8	14.9
Colorado	149	174	144	179	144	3.4	3.9	3.2	3.9	3.1
Connecticut	165	188	207	169	166	4.8	5.4	5.9	4.8	4.7
Delaware	79	62	47	61	35	9.9	7.7	5.7	7.3	4.2
Florida	2,915	3,280	3,283	2,964	2,888	17.8	19.6	19.3	17.0	16.6
Georgia	1,988	1,896	2,152	1,589	1,924	23.7	22.1	24.8	18.0	21.8
Hawaii	41	59	61	36	57	3.3	4.7	4.9	2.9	4.5
Idaho	11	23	45	78	54	0.8	1.7	3.3	5.6	3.9
Illinois	1,547	1,593	1,377	1,348	1,608	12.4	12.6	10.9	10.6	12.6
Indiana	529	320	367	273	288	8.6	5.2	5.9	4.4	4.6
Iowa	44	54	46	36	28	1.5	1.8	1.6	1.2	0.9
Kansas	88	77	77	87	88	3.3	2.8	2.8	3.2	3.2
Kentucky	191	212	160	151	129	4.7	5.2	3.9	3.6	3.1
Louisiana	793	776	1,581	1,645	1,237	17.7	17.3	35.2	36.4	27.4
Maine	16	9	21	7	6	1.2	0.7	1.6	0.5	0.5
Maryland	938	843	975	1,002	1,005	17.4	15.4	17.7	18.0	18.1
Massachusetts	446	541	644	517	398	7.0	8.4	10.0	8.1	6.2
Michigan	1,170	1,184	860	806	488	11.7	11.8	8.5	8.0	4.8
Minnesota	132	148	195	145	206	2.6	2.9	3.9	2.8	4.0
Mississippi	654	451	435	404	371	22.9	15.7	15.1	13.9	12.8
Missouri	174	204	207	269	372	3.1	3.6	3.6	4.7	6.5
Montana	0	5	0	4	7	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.4	0.8
Nebraska	16	25	27	15	18	0.9	1.4	1.6	0.9	1.0
Nevada	62	113	149	253	343	3.0	5.2	6.6	10.8	14.7
New Hampshire	21	24	37	26	33	1.7	1.9	2.9	2.0	2.5
New Jersey	1,040	1,062	1,089	826	813	12.2	12.4	12.6	9.5	9.3
New Mexico	78	117	205	251	183	4.3	6.3	10.9	13.2	9.6
New York	3,610	3,885	4,360	4,472	3,851	18.9	20.3	22.7	23.3	20.0
North Carolina	1,422	1,051	850	747	712	17.3	12.6	10.1	8.7	8.3
North Dakota	2	0	2	0	1	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.2
Ohio	297	351	481	571	502	2.6	3.1	4.2	5.0	4.4
Oklahoma	288	287	353	168	159	8.3	8.2	10.1	4.8	4.5
Oregon	48	75	118	108	109	1.4	2.1	3.3	3.0	3.0
Pennsylvania	726	689	706	574	712	5.9	5.6	5.7	4.6	5.7
Rhode Island	39	67	90	104	64	3.7	6.3	8.4	9.6	5.9
South Carolina	916	620	552	524	549	22.5	15.1	13.3	12.5	13.1
South Dakota	1	0	5	0	4	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.5
Tennessee	1,478	1,082	881	804	916	25.7	18.7	15.1	13.6	15.5
Texas	3,662	4,109	3,996	4,205	4,287	17.1	18.9	18.1	18.7	19.1
Utah	25	71	72	78	50	1.1	3.1	3.1	3.3	2.1
Vermont	8	2	1	3	1	1.3	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.2
Virginia	525	528	552	610	655	7.3	7.2	7.5	8.2	8.8
Washington	174	158	239	336	359	2.9	2.6	3.9	5.4	5.8
West Virginia	7	5	11	18	18	0.4	0.3	0.6	1.0	1.0
Wisconsin	131	135	111	128	138	2.4	2.5	2.0	2.3	2.5
Wyoming	4	1	4	6	1	0.8	0.2	0.8	1.2	0.2
U.S. TOTAL†	32,283	32,918	34,289	33,419	33,278	11.3	11.4	11.8	11.4	11.3
Northeast	6,071	6,467	7,155	6,698	6,044	11.3	11.9	13.2	12.3	11.1
Midwest	4,131	4,091	3,755	3,678	3,741	6.4	6.3	5.7	5.6	5.7
South	17,278	16,552	17,021	16,137	16,032	16.9	16.0	16.3	15.2	15.1
West	4,803	5,808	6,358	6,906	7,461	7.4	8.8	9.6	10.2	11.1
Guam	30	19	16	13	19	18.9	11.8	9.8	7.8	11.4
Puerto Rico	1,268	1,394	1,357	1,154	1,223	33.0	36.1	35.0	29.6	31.4
Virgin Islands	9	4	14	17	13	8.2	3.6	12.9	15.6	12.0
OUTLYING AREAS	1,307	1,417	1,387	1,184	1,255	31.8	34.3	33.4	28.4	30.1
TOTAL	33,590	34,335	35,676	34,603	34,533	11.6	11.7	12.1	11.6	11.6

^*See Appendix (Syphilis Morbidity Reporting) for definition.
^†Includes cases reported by Washington, D.C.