Table 40. Congenital syphilis — Reported cases and rates in infants < 1 year of age by state, ranked by rates: United States, 2004
| Rank* | State† | Cases | Rate per 100,000 Live Births | |
| 1 | Arizona | 26 | 29.6 | |
| 2 | Louisiana | 18 | 27.7 | |
| 3 | Alabama | 11 | 18.7 | |
| 4 | Michigan | 23 | 17.7 | |
| 5 | Texas | 65 | 17.5 | |
| 6 | South Carolina | 9 | 16.5 | |
| 7 | Idaho | 3 | 14.3 | |
| 8 | Maryland | 10 | 13.6 | |
| 9 | Illinois | 23 | 12.7 | |
| 10 | California | 64 | 12.1 | |
| 11 | New Jersey | 13 | 11.3 | |
| 12 | New Mexico | 3 | 10.8 | |
| 13 | Arkansas | 4 | 10.7 | |
| 14 | Delaware | 1 | 9.0 | |
| U.S. TOTAL§ | 353 | 8.8 | ||
| 15 | Florida | 16 | 7.8 | |
| 16 | Rhode Island | 1 | 7.8 | |
| 17 | North Carolina | 9 | 7.7 | |
| 18 | Mississippi | 3 | 7.2 | |
| 19 | New York | 18 | 7.2 | |
| 20 | Virginia | 6 | 6.0 | |
| 21 | Tennessee | 4 | 5.2 | |
| 22 | Kansas | 2 | 5.1 | |
| 23 | Indiana | 4 | 4.7 | |
| 24 | Oklahoma | 2 | 4.0 | |
| 25 | Georgia | 5 | 3.8 | |
| 26 | Colorado | 2 | 2.9 | |
| 27 | Missouri | 2 | 2.7 | |
| 28 | Utah | 1 | 2.0 | |
| 29 | Kentucky | 1 | 1.8 | |
| 30 | Minnesota | 1 | 1.5 | |
| 31 | Ohio | 2 | 1.3 | |
| YEAR 2010 TARGET | 1.0 | |||
| Alaska | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Connecticut | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Hawaii | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Iowa | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Maine | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Massachusetts | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Montana | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Nebraska | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Nevada | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| New Hampshire | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| North Dakota | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Oregon | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 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 Washington, D.C. but excludes outlying areas (Guam with 0 cases and rate of 0.0, Puerto Rico with 9 cases and rate of 17.1, and Virgin Islands with 0 cases and rate of 0.0).