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Table 42. Congenital syphilis - Reported cases and rates in infants < 1 year of age in selected cities, ranked by rates: United States, 2004

Rank* City Cases   Rate per 100,000 Live Births
1 Detroit, MI 22   153.0  
2 Newark, NJ 7   150.8  
3 Baltimore, MD 9   93.3  
4 Tucson, AZ 8   68.0  
5 New Orleans, LA 4   56.6  
6 San Diego, CA 10   54.2  
7 Houston, TX 23   51.0  
8 El Paso, TX 6   46.6  
9 Miami, FL 5   38.6  
10 Los Angeles, CA 24   37.9  
11 Chicago, IL 18   37.5  
12 Phoenix, AZ 8   31.8  
13 San Jose, CA 5   30.9  
14 Dallas, TX 7   28.3  
15 Birmingham, AL 1   24.6  
16 Toledo, OH 1   21.2  
17 Charlotte, NC 2   18.8  
18 Memphis, TN 2   18.2  
19 Fort Worth, TX 2   17.5  
20 Minneapolis, MN 1   16.0  
21 Oakland, CA 1   15.4  
22 Tulsa, OK 1   15.3  
23 Indianapolis, IN 2   14.1  
24 Washington, DC 1   13.3  
25 Tampa, FL 1   12.6  
26 Oklahoma City, OK 1   11.9  
27 New York City, NY 12   10.1  
28 Columbus, OH 1   9.1  
29 Jacksonville, FL 1   8.8  
30 Sacramento, CA 1   8.8  
31 Denver, CO 1   8.7  
32 San Antonio, TX 2   8.6  
  YEAR 2010 TARGET     1.0  
  Akron, OH 0   0.0  
  Albuquerque, NM 0   0.0  
  Atlanta, GA 0   0.0  
  Austin, TX 0   0.0  
  Boston, MA 0   0.0  
  Buffalo, NY 0   0.0  
  Cincinnati, OH 0   0.0  
  Cleveland, OH 0   0.0  
  Corpus Christi, TX 0   0.0  
  Dayton, OH 0   0.0  
  Des Moines, IA 0   0.0  
  Honolulu, HI 0   0.0  
  Jersey City, NJ 0   0.0  
  Kansas City, MO 0   0.0  
  Louisville, KY 0   0.0  
  Milwaukee, WI 0   0.0  
  Nashville, TN 0   0.0  
  Norfolk, VA 0   0.0  
  Omaha, NE 0   0.0  
  Philadelphia, PA 0   0.0  
  Pittsburgh, PA 0   0.0  
  Portland, OR 0   0.0  
  Richmond, VA 0   0.0  
  Rochester, NY 0   0.0  
  San Francisco, CA 0   0.0  
  Seattle, WA 0   0.0  
  St Louis, MO 0   0.0  
  St Paul, MN 0   0.0  
  St Petersburg, FL 0   0.0  
  Wichita, KS 0   0.0  
  Yonkers, NY 0   0.0  

*Cities were ranked in descending order by rate, number of cases, and alphabetically by state. Cities with no cases were not ranked. Excludes outlying areas (San Juan, PR, with 5 cases and rate of 84.3).

Mother's city of residence used to assign case. See Appendix (Reporting of City-specific Surveillance Data).

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