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Syphilis in the South: A Case Study Assessment in Eight Southern Communities
February 1, 1999

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Table 1.2 Primary and Secondary Syphilis among Blacks in Southern States, 1981-1993 (Rate per 100,000 population)

	AL	AR	FL	GA	LA	MS	NC	SC	TN	TX
1981	54.5	33.7	152.6	99.7	107.2	60.1	40.1	53.9	75.3	199.0
1982	74.6	45.9	205.4	93.4	121.1	65.2	45.1	49.5	70.1	223.8
1983	73.3	38.8	-	80.4	105.5	56.2	53.7	56.2	-	201.3
1984	60.9	46.9	-	76.9	77.3	69.7	55.3	70.5	61.5	144.1
1985	59.1	71.5	-	64.3	68.6	68.8	41.7	70.7	-	118.0
1986	45.8	61.3	224.3	82.9	60.6	59.9	32.3	62.9	72.0	104.2
1987	41.8	49.7	381.0	92.3	50.6	63.6	46.7	64.1	88.5	92.7
1988	51.5	63.4	422.0	135.6	66.1	54.7	51.6	67.9	113.1	107.6
1989	84.6	89.2	348.6	210.8	117.6	75.1	71.2	79.8	173.2	164.0
1990	133.1	153.7	248.6	217.5	197.1	121.8	107.1	96.6	248.1	214.7
1991	149.8	232.1	125.5	154.8	220.0	129.6	124.3	135.6	179.4	208.5
1992	90.9	220.4	72.5	95.2	198.1	152.6	149.5	112.5	138.9	134.7
1993	79.5	138.9	51.8	54.4	184.7	185.4	116.7	81.2	133.6	99.3

Source: Centers for Disease Control, Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 1981-1993.

 

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