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Table 30. Primary and secondary syphilis — Women – Reported cases and rates in selected metropolitan statistical areas* (MSAs) listed in alphabetical order: United States, 2002–2006

Metropolitan Statistical Area Cases Rates per 100,000 Population
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 74 57 36 36 33 3.2 2.5 1.5 1.5 1.3
Austin-Round Rock, TX 3 2 3 3 11 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.4 1.5
Baltimore-Towson, MD 47 63 70 84 53 3.5 4.6 5.1 6.1 3.9
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 7 4 11 35 94 1.3 0.7 2.0 6.2 16.7
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 8 2 5 1 7 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.3
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Tonawanda, NY 0 1 1 0 2 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.3
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 22 3 12 20 28 3.1 0.4 1.6 2.6 3.6
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 62 44 55 50 43 1.3 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.9
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 2 0 2 0 5 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.5
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 4 13 3 1 2 0.4 1.2 0.3 0.1 0.2
Columbus, OH 11 17 31 22 30 1.3 2.0 3.6 2.5 3.5
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 123 99 73 100 112 4.5 3.5 2.6 3.4 3.9
Denver-Aurora, CO 0 3 6 1 3 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.3
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 188 81 49 17 20 8.2 3.5 2.1 0.7 0.9
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 1 3 0 0 1 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.2
Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX 19 26 39 61 65 0.8 1.0 1.5 2.3 2.5
Indianapolis, IN 11 7 2 4 1 1.4 0.9 0.2 0.5 0.1
Jacksonville, FL 8 9 32 20 11 1.3 1.5 5.1 3.1 1.7
Kansas City, MO-KS 3 20 5 5 17 0.3 2.1 0.5 0.5 1.7
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 0 1 8 21 32 0.0 0.1 1.0 2.5 3.8
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 19 28 40 63 72 0.3 0.4 0.6 1.0 1.1
Louisville, KY-IN 42 13 6 3 3 6.9 2.1 1.0 0.5 0.5
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 62 30 33 50 52 9.7 4.7 5.1 7.7 8.0
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 48 33 41 43 40 1.8 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.4
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 5 1 1 1 2 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 3 3 3 3 3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, TN 13 6 2 2 2 1.9 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.3
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 4 10 27 23 25 0.6 1.5 3.9 3.4 3.6
New York-Newark-Edison, NY-NJ-PA 65 65 58 37 31 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.3
Oklahoma City, OK 15 19 7 9 6 2.6 3.3 1.2 1.5 1.0
Orlando, FL 22 17 10 14 14 2.5 1.9 1.1 1.4 1.4
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 22 23 16 13 6 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.2
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ NA 45 25 23 18 NA 2.5 1.4 1.2 0.9
Pittsburgh, PA 8 17 7 25 28 0.6 1.4 0.6 2.0 2.3
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 8 2 0 0 0 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 5 9 10 7 0 0.6 1.1 1.2 0.8 0.0
Richmond, VA 2 2 1 1 1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 2 5 1 12 10 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.5
Rochester, NY 1 1 0 1 0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, CA 0 1 0 0 3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3
Salt Lake City, UT 0 1 1 1 1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
San Antonio, TX 12 6 20 34 32 1.3 0.6 2.1 3.5 3.3
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 6 4 10 25 12 0.4 0.3 0.7 1.7 0.8
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 6 4 2 8 7 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.3
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 1 4 4 2 7 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.8
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 0 2 6 4 2 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.1
St. Louis, MO-IL 12 12 9 5 3 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.2
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 10 6 3 8 15 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.6 1.1
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 12 3 4 15 18 1.5 0.4 0.5 1.8 2.2
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 15 13 16 13 11 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4
U.S. MSA TOTAL 1,013 840 806 926 994 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.2

*Data are presented for 50 MSAs with the largest population based on 2000 U.S. census. NA = Not available. STD morbidity reporting methods do not allow MSA-specific case counts and rates to be determined for some jurisdictions for some years.

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