Table 38. Congenital syphilis —Reported cases and rates in infants < 1 year of age by state, ranked by rates: United States, 2005

Rank*	State†	Cases		Rate per 100,000 Live Births
1	Arizona	28		30.8
2	New Mexico	6		21.6
3	Maryland	16		21.4
4	Arkansas	7		18.5
5	Texas	65		17.2
6	Louisiana	11		16.9
7	California	75		13.9
8	New Jersey	16		13.7
9	Michigan	17		13.0
10	Illinois	23		12.6
11	North Carolina	10		8.5
12	Alabama	5		8.4
	U.S. TOTAL§	329		8.0
13	Florida	16		7.5
14	South Carolina	4		7.2
15	Missouri	3		3.9
16	Tennessee	3		3.8
17	New York	8		3.2
18	Nevada	1		3.0
19	Virginia	3		3.0
20	Wisconsin	2		2.9
21	Connecticut	1		2.3
22	Indiana	2		2.3
23	Oklahoma	1		2.0
24	Colorado	1		1.4
25	Minnesota	1		1.4
26	Ohio	2		1.3
	YEAR 2010 TARGET			1.0
27	Georgia	1		0.7
28	Pennsylvania	1		0.7
	Alaska	0		0.0
	Delaware	0		0.0
	Hawaii	0		0.0
	Idaho	0		0.0
	Iowa	0		0.0
	Kansas	0		0.0
	Kentucky	0		0.0
	Maine	0		0.0
	Massachusetts	0		0.0
	Mississippi	0		0.0
	Montana	0		0.0
	Nebraska	0		0.0
	New Hampshire	0		0.0
	North Dakota	0		0.0
	Oregon	0		0.0
	Rhode Island	0		0.0
	South Dakota	0		0.0
	Utah	0		0.0
	Vermont	0		0.0
	Washington	0		0.0
	West Virginia	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 1 case and rate of 30.5, Puerto Rico with 11 cases and rate of 21.7, and Virgin Islands with 0 cases and rate of 0.0).