Table 22. All stages of syphilis* — Reported cases and rates by state/area and region listed in alphabetical order: United States and outlying areas, 2002–2006

State/Area	Cases					Rates per 100,000 Population
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Alabama	700	567	639	551	931	15.6	12.6	14.1	12.1	20.4
Alaska	9	8	15	22	25	1.4	1.2	2.3	3.3	3.8
Arizona	1,086	1,106	974	792	926	19.9	19.8	17.0	13.3	15.6
Arkansas	219	296	249	231	243	8.1	10.9	9.0	8.3	8.7
California	3,917	4,207	4,589	5,340	6,043	11.2	11.9	12.8	14.8	16.7
Colorado	174	144	179	144	182	3.9	3.2	3.9	3.1	3.9
Connecticut	188	207	169	166	197	5.4	5.9	4.8	4.7	5.6
Delaware	62	47	61	35	74	7.7	5.7	7.3	4.1	8.8
District of Columbia	431	330	357	365	314	75.5	58.5	64.5	66.3	57.0
Florida	3,280	3,283	2,964	2,888	2,945	19.6	19.3	17.0	16.2	16.6
Georgia	1,896	2,152	1,589	1,924	1,933	22.1	24.8	18.0	21.2	21.3
Hawaii	59	61	36	57	66	4.7	4.9	2.9	4.5	5.2
Idaho	23	45	78	54	12	1.7	3.3	5.6	3.8	0.8
Illinois	1,593	1,377	1,348	1,608	1,473	12.6	10.9	10.6	12.6	11.5
Indiana	320	367	273	288	250	5.2	5.9	4.4	4.6	4.0
Iowa	54	46	36	28	68	1.8	1.6	1.2	0.9	2.3
Kansas	77	77	87	88	87	2.8	2.8	3.2	3.2	3.2
Kentucky	212	160	151	129	188	5.2	3.9	3.6	3.1	4.5
Louisiana	776	1,581	1,646	1,239	1,387	17.3	35.2	36.5	27.4	30.7
Maine	9	21	7	6	22	0.7	1.6	0.5	0.5	1.7
Maryland	843	975	1,002	1,005	1,038	15.4	17.7	18.0	17.9	18.5
Massachusetts	541	644	517	398	378	8.4	10.0	8.1	6.2	5.9
Michigan	1,184	860	806	488	384	11.8	8.5	8.0	4.8	3.8
Minnesota	148	195	145	208	189	2.9	3.9	2.8	4.1	3.7
Mississippi	451	435	404	371	520	15.7	15.1	13.9	12.7	17.8
Missouri	204	207	269	372	430	3.6	3.6	4.7	6.4	7.4
Montana	5	0	4	7	2	0.5	0.0	0.4	0.7	0.2
Nebraska	25	27	15	18	34	1.4	1.6	0.9	1.0	1.9
Nevada	113	149	254	343	388	5.2	6.6	10.9	14.2	16.1
New Hampshire	24	37	26	33	35	1.9	2.9	2.0	2.5	2.7
New Jersey	1,062	1,089	826	813	799	12.4	12.6	9.5	9.3	9.2
New Mexico	117	205	251	183	237	6.3	10.9	13.2	9.5	12.3
New York	3,885	4,360	4,472	3,853	4,577	20.3	22.7	23.3	20.0	23.8
North Carolina	1,052	850	747	713	961	12.6	10.1	8.7	8.2	11.1
North Dakota	0	2	0	1	3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.5
Ohio	351	481	571	502	491	3.1	4.2	5.0	4.4	4.3
Oklahoma	287	353	168	159	251	8.2	10.1	4.8	4.5	7.1
Oregon	75	118	108	109	99	2.1	3.3	3.0	3.0	2.7
Pennsylvania	689	706	574	712	885	5.6	5.7	4.6	5.7	7.1
Rhode Island	67	90	104	64	71	6.3	8.4	9.6	5.9	6.6
South Carolina	620	552	524	549	397	15.1	13.3	12.5	12.9	9.3
South Dakota	0	5	0	4	29	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.5	3.7
Tennessee	1,082	881	804	917	1,015	18.7	15.1	13.6	15.4	17.0
Texas	4,109	3,996	4,205	4,289	4,956	18.9	18.1	18.7	18.8	21.7
Utah	71	72	78	50	68	3.1	3.1	3.3	2.0	2.8
Vermont	2	1	3	1	7	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.2	1.1
Virginia	528	552	610	655	701	7.2	7.5	8.2	8.7	9.3
Washington	158	239	336	359	423	2.6	3.9	5.4	5.7	6.7
West Virginia	5	11	18	18	30	0.3	0.6	1.0	1.0	1.7
Wisconsin	135	111	128	138	170	2.5	2.0	2.3	2.5	3.1
Wyoming	1	4	6	1	1	0.2	0.8	1.2	0.2	0.2
U.S. TOTAL	32,919	34,289	33,422	33,288	36,935	11.4	11.8	11.4	11.2	12.5
Northeast	6,467	7,155	6,698	6,046	6,971	11.9	13.2	12.3	11.1	12.8
Midwest	4,091	3,755	3,678	3,743	3,608	6.3	5.7	5.6	5.7	5.5
South	16,553	17,021	16,138	16,038	17,884	16.0	16.3	15.2	14.9	16.6
West	5,808	6,358	6,908	7,461	8,472	8.8	9.6	10.2	10.9	12.4
Guam	19	16	13	19	13	11.8	9.8	7.8	11.3	7.7
Puerto Rico	1,394	1,357	1,154	1,223	1,066	36.1	35.0	29.6	31.3	27.2
Virgin Islands	4	14	17	13	5	3.6	12.9	15.6	12.0	4.6
OUTLYING AREAS	1,417	1,387	1,184	1,255	1,084	34.3	33.4	28.4	30.0	25.9
TOTAL	34,336	35,676	34,606	34,543	38,019	11.7	12.1	11.6	11.5	12.6

^*See Appendix (Syphilis Morbidity Reporting) for definition.