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Table 28. Primary and secondary syphilis Counties and independent cities* ranked by number of reported cases: United States, 2006
Rank | County/Independent City | Cases | Rate per 100,000 Population | Cumulative Percent | ||
1 | Los Angeles County, CA | 866 | 8.7 | 8 | ||
2 | Harris County, TX | 374 | 10.1 | 12 | ||
3 | Cook County, IL | 349 | 6.6 | 16 | ||
4 | San Francisco County, CA | 244 | 33.0 | 18 | ||
5 | Fulton County, GA | 242 | 26.4 | 21 | ||
6 | New York County, NY | 240 | 15.1 | 23 | ||
7 | Jefferson County, AL | 238 | 36.2 | 26 | ||
8 | San Diego County, CA | 235 | 8.0 | 28 | ||
9 | Dallas County, TX | 206 | 8.9 | 30 | ||
10 | Miami-Dade County, FL | 203 | 8.5 | 32 | ||
11 | De Kalb County, GA | 182 | 26.8 | 34 | ||
12 | Baltimore (City), MD | 159 | 25.0 | 36 | ||
13 | Kings County, NY | 159 | 6.4 | 37 | ||
14 | Maricopa County, AZ | 156 | 4.3 | 39 | ||
15 | Broward County, FL | 155 | 8.7 | 41 | ||
16 | King County, WA | 147 | 8.2 | 42 | ||
17 | Shelby County, TN | 132 | 14.5 | 43 | ||
18 | Clark County, NV | 132 | 7.7 | 45 | ||
19 | Bexar County, TX | 131 | 8.6 | 46 | ||
20 | Philadelphia County, PA | 125 | 8.5 | 47 | ||
21 | Washington, DC | 116 | 21.1 | 49 | ||
22 | Mecklenburg County, NC | 104 | 13.1 | 50 | ||
23 | Bronx County, NY | 101 | 7.4 | 51 | ||
24 | Franklin County, OH | 100 | 9.2 | 52 | ||
25 | East Baton Rouge County, LA | 97 | 23.6 | 53 | ||
26 | Jackson County, MO | 85 | 12.8 | 54 | ||
27 | Tarrant County, TX | 84 | 5.2 | 54 | ||
28 | Travis County, TX | 81 | 9.1 | 55 | ||
29 | Orange County, FL | 81 | 7.9 | 56 | ||
30 | Riverside County, CA | 80 | 4.1 | 57 | ||
31 | Orange County, CA | 79 | 2.6 | 58 | ||
32 | Queens County, NY | 77 | 3.4 | 59 | ||
33 | Allegheny County, PA | 71 | 5.7 | 59 | ||
34 | Alameda County, CA | 71 | 4.9 | 60 | ||
35 | Wayne County, MI | 69 | 3.5 | 61 | ||
36 | Hillsborough County, FL | 68 | 6.0 | 61 | ||
37 | Suffolk County, MA | 66 | 10.1 | 62 | ||
38 | Prince Georges County, MD | 60 | 7.1 | 63 | ||
39 | Hudson County, NJ | 55 | 9.1 | 63 | ||
40 | Orleans County, LA | 54 | 11.9 | 64 | ||
41 | Santa Clara County, CA | 52 | 3.1 | 64 | ||
42 | Essex County, NJ | 44 | 5.6 | 65 | ||
43 | Marion County, IN | 43 | 5.0 | 65 | ||
44 | Pinellas County, FL | 38 | 4.1 | 66 | ||
45 | Denver County, CO | 37 | 6.6 | 66 | ||
46 | Milwaukee County, WI | 37 | 4.0 | 66 | ||
47 | St Louis (City), MO | 36 | 10.5 | 67 | ||
48 | Jefferson County, KY | 35 | 5.0 | 67 | ||
49 | Gwinnett County, GA | 35 | 4.8 | 67 | ||
50 | Wake County, NC | 35 | 4.7 | 68 | ||
51 | Duval County, FL | 35 | 4.2 | 68 | ||
52 | Pima County, AZ | 35 | 3.8 | 69 | ||
53 | Hennepin County, MN | 35 | 3.1 | 69 | ||
54 | Davidson County, TN | 34 | 5.9 | 69 | ||
55 | Cobb County, GA | 34 | 5.1 | 70 | ||
56 | Knox County, TN | 33 | 8.1 | 70 | ||
57 | Norfolk (City), VA | 32 | 13.8 | 70 |
*Accounting for 70% of reported primary and secondary syphilis cases.
Counties and independent cities were ranked in descending order by number of cases reported in 2006.