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Table 39. Congenital syphilis — Reported cases and rates in infants < 1 year of age by state/area and region listed in alphabetical order: United States and outlying areas, 2002–2006

State/Area* Cases Rates per 100,000 Live Births
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Alabama 6 4 11 5 9 10.2 6.7 18.5 8.4 15.1
Alaska 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Arizona 20 29 26 28 16 22.8 31.9 27.8 29.9 17.1
Arkansas 10 2 4 7 7 26.7 5.3 10.4 18.1 18.1
California 61 64 67 75 66 11.5 11.8 12.3 13.8 12.1
Colorado 2 3 2 1 2 2.9 4.3 2.9 1.5 2.9
Connecticut 0 1 0 1 0 0.0 2.3 0.0 2.4 0.0
Delaware 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 8.8 0.0 0.0
District of Columbia 1 1 1 0 1 13.3 13.1 12.6 0.0 12.6
Florida 28 27 16 16 21 13.6 12.7 7.3 7.3 9.6
Georgia 13 11 6 1 9 9.8 8.1 4.3 0.7 6.5
Hawaii 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 11.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Idaho 0 4 3 0 0 0.0 18.3 13.3 0.0 0.0
Illinois 40 20 26 23 15 22.1 11.0 14.4 12.7 8.3
Indiana 9 7 4 2 0 10.6 8.1 4.6 2.3 0.0
Iowa 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kansas 0 1 2 0 1 0.0 2.5 5.0 0.0 2.5
Kentucky 3 1 1 0 1 5.5 1.8 1.8 0.0 1.8
Louisiana 2 6 19 13 13 3.1 9.2 29.1 19.9 19.9
Maine 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Maryland 19 9 10 16 19 25.9 12.0 13.4 21.4 25.5
Massachusetts 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Michigan 35 38 23 17 13 26.9 29.0 17.7 13.1 10.0
Minnesota 1 0 1 3 1 1.5 0.0 1.4 4.2 1.4
Mississippi 6 2 3 0 0 14.5 4.7 7.0 0.0 0.0
Missouri 1 4 3 3 3 1.3 5.2 3.9 3.9 3.9
Montana 1 0 0 0 0 9.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nebraska 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 3.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nevada 0 0 1 1 15 0.0 0.0 2.8 2.8 42.6
New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
New Jersey 36 21 13 16 15 31.4 18.0 11.3 13.9 13.0
New Mexico 7 6 3 6 7 25.2 21.6 10.6 21.1 24.7
New York 31 42 22 10 15 12.3 16.6 8.8 4.0 6.0
North Carolina 16 20 9 11 6 13.6 16.9 7.5 9.2 5.0
North Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ohio 3 3 2 2 0 2.0 2.0 1.3 1.3 0.0
Oklahoma 2 1 2 1 2 4.0 2.0 3.9 1.9 3.9
Oregon 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Pennsylvania 5 2 0 1 0 3.5 1.4 0.0 0.7 0.0
Rhode Island 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 7.8 0.0 0.0
South Carolina 15 15 10 4 2 27.5 27.0 17.7 7.1 3.5
South Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tennessee 10 7 9 4 6 12.9 8.9 11.3 5.0 7.5
Texas 72 77 65 67 79 19.3 20.4 17.0 17.6 20.7
Utah 0 0 1 0 2 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 3.9
Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Virginia 1 1 6 3 3 1.0 1.0 5.8 2.9 2.9
Washington 2 0 0 0 0 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
West Virginia 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wisconsin 1 0 1 2 0 1.5 0.0 1.4 2.9 0.0
Wyoming 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
U.S. TOTAL 460 432 374 339 349 11.4 10.6 9.1 8.2 8.5
Northeast 73 66 36 28 30 10.8 9.6 5.3 4.1 4.4
Midwest 90 74 62 52 33 10.3 8.3 7.0 5.8 3.7
South 204 184 173 148 178 13.8 12.2 11.3 9.7 11.7
West 93 108 103 111 108 9.4 10.7 10.1 10.9 10.6
Guam 1 1 0 1 0 31.1 30.5 0.0 29.3 0.0
Puerto Rico 24 17 11 13 13 45.5 33.5 21.5 25.4 25.4
Virgin Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
OUTLYING AREAS 25 18 11 14 13 43.4 32.4 19.6 24.9 23.2
TOTAL 485 450 385 353 362 11.9 10.9 9.2 8.5 8.7

*Mother’s state of residence used to assign case.

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