Table 38. Congenital syphilis — Reported cases and rates in infants < 1 year of age by state, ranked by rates: United States, 2006

Rank*	State†	Cases	Rate per 100,000 Live Births
1	Nevada	15	42.6
2	Maryland	19	25.5
3	New Mexico	7	24.7
4	Texas	79	20.7
5	Louisiana	13	19.9
6	Arkansas	7	18.1
7	Arizona	16	17.1
8	Alabama	9	15.1
9	New Jersey	15	13.0
10	California	66	12.1
11	Michigan	13	10.0
12	Florida	21	9.6
	U.S. TOTAL§	349	8.5
13	Illinois	15	8.3
14	Tennessee	6	7.5
15	Georgia	9	6.5
16	New York	15	6.0
17	North Carolina	6	5.0
18	Utah	2	3.9
19	Oklahoma	2	3.9
20	Missouri	3	3.9
21	South Carolina	2	3.5
22	Colorado	2	2.9
23	Virginia	3	2.9
24	Kansas	1	2.5
25	Kentucky	1	1.8
26	Minnesota	1	1.4
	YEAR 2010 TARGET		1.0
	Alaska	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
	Maine	0	0.0
	Massachusetts	0	0.0
	Mississippi	0	0.0
	Montana	0	0.0
	Nebraska	0	0.0
	New Hampshire	0	0.0
	North Dakota	0	0.0
	Ohio	0	0.0
	Oregon	0	0.0
	Pennsylvania	0	0.0
	Rhode Island	0	0.0
	South Dakota	0	0.0
	Vermont	0	0.0
	Washington	0	0.0
	West Virginia	0	0.0
	Wisconsin	0	0.0
	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.
^†Mother’s state of residence used to assign case.
§Total includes cases reported by the District of Columbia with 1 case and a rate of 12.6, but excludes outlying areas (Guam with 0 cases and rate of 0.0, Puerto Rico with 13 cases and rate of 25.4, and Virgin Islands with 0 cases and rate of 0.0).