Table 40. Congenital syphilis — Reported cases and rates in infants <1 year of age by state, ranked by rates: United States, 2003
Rank* |
State† |
Cases |
Rate per 100,000 Live Births |
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1 |
Arizona |
29 |
33.0 |
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2 |
Michigan |
38 |
29.2 |
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3 |
New Mexico |
6 |
21.6 |
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4 |
Texas |
77 |
20.7 |
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5 |
South Carolina |
11 |
20.2 |
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6 |
Idaho |
4 |
19.1 |
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7 |
New Jersey |
21 |
18.3 |
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8 |
Indiana |
15 |
17.6 |
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9 |
New York |
42 |
16.7 |
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10 |
North Carolina |
18 |
15.3 |
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11 |
Florida |
26 |
12.6 |
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12 |
California |
59 |
11.1 |
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13 |
Maryland |
8 |
10.9 |
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14 |
Illinois |
19 |
10.5 |
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U.S. TOTAL§ |
413 |
10.3 |
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15 |
Georgia |
11 |
8.3 |
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16 |
Missouri |
4 |
5.3 |
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17 |
Arkansas |
2 |
5.3 |
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18 |
Alabama |
3 |
5.1 |
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19 |
Mississippi |
2 |
4.8 |
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20 |
Colorado |
3 |
4.4 |
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21 |
Nebraska |
1 |
3.9 |
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22 |
Tennessee |
2 |
2.6 |
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23 |
Kansas |
1 |
2.5 |
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24 |
Connecticut |
1 |
2.4 |
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25 |
Ohio |
3 |
2.0 |
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26 |
Oklahoma |
1 |
2.0 |
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27 |
Kentucky |
1 |
1.8 |
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28 |
Louisiana |
1 |
1.5 |
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29 |
Pennsylvania |
2 |
1.4 |
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30 |
Virginia |
1 |
1.0 |
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YEAR 2010 TARGET |
1.0 |
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Alaska |
0 |
0.0 |
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Delaware |
0 |
0.0 |
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Hawaii |
0 |
0.0 |
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Iowa |
0 |
0.0 |
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Maine |
0 |
0.0 |
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Massachusetts |
0 |
0.0 |
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Minnesota |
0 |
0.0 |
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Montana |
0 |
0.0 |
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Nevada |
0 |
0.0 |
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New Hampshire |
0 |
0.0 |
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North Dakota |
0 |
0.0 |
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Oregon |
0 |
0.0 |
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Rhode Island |
0 |
0.0 |
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South Dakota |
0 |
0.0 |
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Utah |
0 |
0.0 |
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Vermont |
0 |
0.0 |
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Washington |
0 |
0.0 |
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West Virginia |
0 |
0.0 |
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Wisconsin |
0 |
0.0 |
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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 Washington, D.C. but excludes outlying areas (Guam with 1 case and rate of 31.1, Puerto Rico with 15 cases and rate of 28.4, and Virgin Islands with 0 cases and rate of 0.0).