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Table 24. Primary and secondary syphilis - Reported cases and rates by state/area, ranked by rates: United States, 2004

Rank* State/Area Cases Rate per 100,000 Population
1 Louisiana 332   7.4
2 Maryland 380   6.9
3 Georgia 549   6.3
4 New Mexico 82   4.4
5 Florida 728   4.3
6 California 1,356   3.8
7 New York 727   3.8
8 Texas 827   3.7
9 Alabama 165   3.7
10 Illinois 386   3.1
11 Arizona 157   2.8
12 South Carolina 116   2.8
  U.S. TOTAL† 7,980   2.7
13 Washington 150   2.4
14 Rhode Island 26   2.4
15 North Carolina 192   2.3
16 Tennessee 130   2.2
17 Ohio 237   2.1
18 Mississippi 59   2.0
19 Michigan 192   1.9
20 Nevada 40   1.8
21 Massachusetts 114   1.8
22 Idaho 24   1.8
23 New Jersey 150   1.7
24 Arkansas 47   1.7
25 Missouri 94   1.6
26 Virginia 116   1.6
27 Colorado 63   1.4
28 Connecticut 45   1.3
29 Alaska 8   1.2
30 Kentucky 47   1.1
31 Delaware 9   1.1
32 Indiana 60   1.0
33 Pennsylvania 118   1.0
34 Kansas 24   0.9
35 Oregon 29   0.8
36 Oklahoma 25   0.7
37 Hawaii 8   0.6
38 Wyoming 3   0.6
39 Utah 13   0.6
40 Minnesota 27   0.5
41 Wisconsin 29   0.5
42 Montana 4   0.4
43 Nebraska 7   0.4
44 New Hampshire 5   0.4
  YEAR 2010 TARGET     0.2
45 Iowa 5   0.2
46 West Virginia 3   0.2
47 Vermont 1   0.2
48 Maine 2   0.2
  North Dakota 0   0.0
  South Dakota 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 0 cases and rate of 0.0, Puerto Rico with 182 cases and rate of 4.7, and Virgin Islands with 5 cases and rate of 4.6).

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Page last reviewed: November 8, 2005 Historical Document
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