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Table 42.    Congenital syphilis — Reported cases and rates in infants <1 year of age in selected cities, ranked by rates: United States, 2003 

Rank*        

City         

Cases 

Rate per 100,000 Live Births

 

Detroit, MI 

36 

250.3 

 

 

Newark, NJ 

10 

215.4 

 

 

Miami, FL 

69.6 

 

 

Phoenix, AZ 

17 

67.5 

 

 

Indianapolis, IN 

63.4 

 

 

Oakland, CA 

61.7 

 

 

Baltimore, MD 

51.9 

 

 

Houston, TX 

21 

46.6 

 

 

Los Angeles, CA 

28 

44.2 

 

10 

 

San Diego, CA 

43.3 

 

11 

 

Tampa, FL 

37.9 

 

12 

 

Atlanta, GA 

33.3 

 

13 

 

Dallas, TX 

32.3 

 

14 

 

El Paso, TX 

31.1 

 

15 

 

Chicago, IL 

14 

29.2 

 

16 

 

New York City, NY 

30 

25.4 

 

17 

 

San Jose, CA 

24.7 

 

18 

 

Birmingham, AL 

24.6 

 

19 

 

Toledo, OH 

21.2 

 

20 

 

Charlotte, NC 

18.8 

 

21 

 

Memphis, TN 

18.2 

 

22 

 

Fort Worth, TX 

17.5 

 

23 

 

Louisville, KY 

14.0 

 

24 

 

Kansas City, MO 

13.6 

 

25 

 

Washington, DC 

13.3 

 

26 

 

San Antonio, TX 

12.9 

 

27 

 

Albuquerque, NM 

11.9 

 

28 

 

Philadelphia, PA 

9.3 

 

29 

 

Jacksonville, FL 

8.8 

 

30 

 

Denver, CO 

8.7 

 

31 

 

Austin, TX 

7.8 

 
   

YEAR 2010 TARGET 

1.0 

 
   

Tucson, AZ 

0.0 

 
   

Sacramento, CA 

0.0 

 
   

San Francisco, CA 

0.0 

 
   

St Petersburg, FL 

0.0 

 
   

Honolulu, HI 

0.0 

 
   

Des Moines, IA 

0.0 

 
   

Wichita, KS 

0.0 

 
   

New Orleans, LA 

0.0 

 
   

Boston, MA 

0.0 

 
   

Minneapolis, MN 

0.0 

 
   

St Paul, MN 

0.0 

 
   

St Louis, MO 

0.0 

 
   

Omaha, NE 

0.0 

 
   

Jersey City, NJ 

0.0 

 
   

Buffalo, NY 

0.0 

 
   

Rochester, NY 

0.0 

 
   

Yonkers, NY 

0.0 

 
   

Akron, OH 

0.0 

 
   

Cincinnati, OH 

0.0 

 
   

Cleveland, OH 

0.0 

 
   

Columbus, OH 

0.0 

 
   

Dayton, OH 

0.0 

 
   

Oklahoma City, OK 

0.0 

 
   

Tulsa, OK 

0.0 

 
   

Portland, OR 

0.0 

 
   

Pittsburgh, PA 

0.0 

 
   

Nashville, TN 

0.0 

 
   

Corpus Christi, TX 

0.0 

 
   

Norfolk, VA 

0.0 

 
   

Richmond, VA 

0.0 

 
   

Seattle, WA 

0.0 

 
   

Milwaukee, WI 

0.0 

 

*Cities were ranked in descending order by rate, number of cases, and alphabetically by state. Cities with no cases were not ranked. Excludes outlying areas (San Juan, PR, with 1 case and rate of 16.9). 

Mother's city of residence used to assign case. 

 

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