Table 24. Primary and secondary syphilis — Reported
cases and rates by state/area, ranked by rates:
United States, 2003
Rank* |
State/Area |
Cases |
Rate per 100,000 Population |
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1 |
Georgia |
585 |
6.8 |
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2 |
Maryland |
312 |
5.7 |
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3 |
Louisiana |
183 |
4.1 |
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4 |
Florida |
658 |
3.9 |
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5 |
New Mexico |
71 |
3.8 |
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6 |
California |
1,299 |
3.7 |
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7 |
Arizona |
186 |
3.4 |
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8 |
Rhode Island |
33 |
3.1 |
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9 |
Texas |
654 |
3.0 |
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10 |
New York |
584 |
3.0 |
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11 |
Illinois |
374 |
3.0 |
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U.S. TOTAL† |
7,177 |
2.5 |
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12 |
Michigan |
249 |
2.5 |
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13 |
Alabama |
114 |
2.5 |
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14 |
Tennessee |
135 |
2.3 |
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15 |
South Carolina |
94 |
2.3 |
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16 |
Massachusetts |
133 |
2.1 |
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17 |
New Jersey |
170 |
2.0 |
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18 |
Arkansas |
51 |
1.9 |
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19 |
North Carolina |
152 |
1.8 |
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20 |
Oklahoma |
64 |
1.8 |
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21 |
Ohio |
197 |
1.7 |
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22 |
New Hampshire |
19 |
1.5 |
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23 |
Washington |
82 |
1.4 |
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24 |
Oregon |
48 |
1.4 |
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25 |
Mississippi |
40 |
1.4 |
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26 |
Pennsylvania |
159 |
1.3 |
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27 |
Virginia |
82 |
1.1 |
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28 |
Missouri |
61 |
1.1 |
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29 |
Idaho |
15 |
1.1 |
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30 |
Hawaii |
14 |
1.1 |
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31 |
Minnesota |
47 |
0.9 |
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32 |
Colorado |
39 |
0.9 |
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33 |
Connecticut |
30 |
0.9 |
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34 |
Kansas |
25 |
0.9 |
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35 |
Delaware |
7 |
0.9 |
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36 |
Indiana |
50 |
0.8 |
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37 |
Kentucky |
33 |
0.8 |
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38 |
Utah |
14 |
0.6 |
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39 |
Nevada |
12 |
0.6 |
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40 |
Nebraska |
10 |
0.6 |
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41 |
Maine |
8 |
0.6 |
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42 |
Iowa |
12 |
0.4 |
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43 |
Wisconsin |
16 |
0.3 |
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44 |
North Dakota |
2 |
0.3 |
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45 |
South Dakota |
2 |
0.3 |
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46 |
Alaska |
1 |
0.2 |
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47 |
Vermont |
1 |
0.2 |
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YEAR 2010 TARGET |
0.2 |
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48 |
West Virginia |
2 |
0.1 |
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Montana |
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.
†Total includes cases reported by Washington, D.C., but excludes outlying areas (Guam with 1 case and rate of 0.6, Puerto Rico with 202 cases and rate of 5.2, and Virgin Islands with 3 cases and rate of 2.7).