Table 23. Primary and secondary syphilis —Reported cases and rates by state/area, ranked by rates: United States, 2005

Rank*	State/Area	Cases		Rate per 100,000 Population
1	Georgia	645		7.3
2	Louisiana	278		6.2
3	Maryland	313		5.6
4	Nevada	109		4.7
5	California	1,585		4.4
6	Florida	724		4.2
7	Illinois	525		4.1
8	Texas	873		3.9
9	Alabama	169		3.7
10	Tennessee	217		3.7
11	New York	705		3.7
12	North Carolina	274		3.2
13	Arizona	175		3.0
	U.S. TOTAL†	8,724		3.0
14	New Mexico	56		2.9
15	Missouri	147		2.6
16	Washington	152		2.5
17	Rhode Island	24		2.2
18	South Carolina	84		2.0
19	Massachusetts	125		1.9
20	Virginia	143		1.9
21	Arkansas	52		1.9
22	Ohio	211		1.8
23	Mississippi	49		1.7
24	Connecticut	58		1.7
25	Pennsylvania	199		1.6
26	New Jersey	133		1.5
27	Idaho	20		1.4
28	Alaska	9		1.4
29	Minnesota	70		1.4
30	Delaware	11		1.3
31	Kentucky	52		1.3
32	Oklahoma	44		1.2
33	New Hampshire	16		1.2
34	Oregon	41		1.1
35	Michigan	105		1.0
36	Colorado	46		1.0
37	Indiana	62		1.0
38	Hawaii	11		0.9
39	Montana	7		0.8
40	Wisconsin	41		0.7
41	Kansas	19		0.7
42	Utah	10		0.4
43	Iowa	9		0.3
44	South Dakota	2		0.3
	YEAR 2010 TARGET			0.2
45	Nebraska	4		0.2
46	West Virginia	3		0.2
47	Vermont	1		0.2
48	North Dakota	1		0.2
49	Maine	1		0.1
	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 2 cases and rate of 1.2, Puerto Rico with 226 cases and rate of 5.8, and Virgin Islands with 1 case and rate of 0.9).