Table 24. Primary and secondary syphilis — Reported cases and rates by state, ranked by rates: United States, 2006

Rank*	State	Cases	Rate per 100,000 Population
1	Louisiana	342	7.6
2	Alabama	319	7.0
3	Georgia	581	6.4
4	Nevada	137	5.7
5	Maryland	300	5.4
6	California	1,835	5.1
7	Texas	1,064	4.7
8	Tennessee	249	4.2
9	New Mexico	79	4.1
10	Florida	719	4.0
11	New York	736	3.8
12	North Carolina	309	3.6
13	Arizona	203	3.4
14	Illinois	431	3.4
	U.S. TOTAL†	9,756	3.3
15	Mississippi	86	2.9
16	Missouri	168	2.9
17	Washington	182	2.9
18	Arkansas	77	2.8
19	Virginia	190	2.5
20	Delaware	20	2.4
21	Pennsylvania	264	2.1
22	New Jersey	173	2.0
23	Oklahoma	70	2.0
24	Massachusetts	124	1.9
25	Connecticut	64	1.8
26	Kentucky	73	1.7
27	South Dakota	13	1.7
28	Alaska	11	1.7
29	Ohio	184	1.6
30	South Carolina	66	1.6
31	Indiana	93	1.5
32	Colorado	69	1.5
33	Hawaii	18	1.4
34	Rhode Island	14	1.3
35	Wisconsin	68	1.2
36	Michigan	118	1.2
37	New Hampshire	13	1.0
38	Kansas	27	1.0
39	Minnesota	47	0.9
40	Utah	21	0.9
41	Oregon	29	0.8
42	Maine	9	0.7
43	Iowa	19	0.6
44	West Virginia	11	0.6
45	Vermont	3	0.5
46	Nebraska	7	0.4
47	Idaho	3	0.2
	YEAR 2010 TARGET		0.2
48	North Dakota	1	0.2
49	Montana	1	0.1
	Wyoming	0	0.0

^*States were ranked in descending order by rate, number of cases, and alphabetically by state. States with no cases were not ranked.

^†Total includes cases reported by the District of Columbia with 116 cases and a rate of 21.1, but excludes outlying areas (Guam with 3 cases and rate of 1.8, Puerto Rico with 150 cases and rate of 3.8, and Virgin Islands with 1 case and rate of 0.9).