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Table 43. Congenital syphilis - Reported cases and rates in infants < 1 year of age in selected cities listed in alphabetical order: United States and outlying areas, 2000-2004

City* Cases Rates per 100,000 Live Births
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Akron, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Albuquerque, NM 0 1 0 1 0 0.0 12.5 0.0 11.9 0.0
Atlanta, GA 7 9 5 3 0 73.9 96.5 55.4 33.3 0.0
Austin, TX 0 3 4 1 0 0.0 23.3 31.4 7.8 0.0
Baltimore, MD 15 2 10 5 9 146.9 20.4 103.7 51.9 93.3
Birmingham, AL 2 3 2 1 1 43.9 69.7 49.2 24.6 24.6
Boston, MA 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Buffalo, NY 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 22.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Charlotte, NC 3 1 1 2 2 28.1 9.6 9.4 18.8 18.8
Chicago, IL 38 35 32 15 18 74.8 70.6 66.7 31.3 37.5
Cincinnati, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cleveland, OH 2 0 2 0 0 23.2 0.0 26.1 0.0 0.0
Columbus, OH 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 9.4 0.0 0.0 9.1
Corpus Christi, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dallas, TX 6 8 9 8 7 24.5 31.7 36.4 32.3 28.3
Dayton, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Denver, CO 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.7 8.7
Des Moines, IA 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Detroit, MI 24 24 30 36 22 151.1 156.6 208.6 250.3 153.0
El Paso, TX 2 2 1 4 6 15.4 15.4 7.8 31.1 46.6
Fort Worth, TX 4 8 4 2 2 36.8 70.6 34.9 17.5 17.5
Honolulu, HI 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 21.3 0.0
Houston, TX 32 21 38 21 23 71.4 47.5 84.3 46.6 51.0
Indianapolis, IN 3 9 4 1 2 21.1 64.4 28.2 7.0 14.1
Jacksonville, FL 2 0 0 1 1 17.5 0.0 0.0 8.8 8.8
Jersey City, NJ 3 2 2 0 0 75.6 51.6 53.1 0.0 0.0
Kansas City, MO 2 0 0 1 0 27.2 0.0 0.0 13.6 0.0
Los Angeles, CA 41 27 28 31 24 62.7 41.8 44.2 49.0 37.9
Louisville, KY 1 0 0 1 0 14.1 0.0 0.0 14.0 0.0
Memphis, TN 14 8 3 2 2 122.9 71.3 27.3 18.2 18.2
Miami, FL 18 10 5 9 5 131.7 73.7 38.6 69.6 38.6
Milwaukee, WI 4 2 0 0 0 35.9 17.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
Minneapolis, MN 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 0.0 16.0 0.0 16.0
Nashville, TN 5 4 5 3 0 56.9 46.5 58.1 34.8 0.0
New Orleans, LA 0 0 1 1 4 0.0 0.0 14.1 14.1 56.6
New York City, NY 33 32 25 30 12 27.3 26.8 21.1 25.4 10.1
Newark, NJ 9 8 12 10 7 183.0 161.8 258.5 215.4 150.8
Norfolk, VA 3 1 0 0 0 75.0 24.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Oakland, CA 1 3 1 4 1 14.8 44.4 15.4 61.7 15.4
Oklahoma City, OK 0 2 1 0 1 0.0 25.1 11.9 0.0 11.9
Omaha, NE 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Philadelphia, PA 9 4 5 2 0 41.1 18.9 23.3 9.3 0.0
Phoenix, AZ 22 22 14 17 8 87.6 87.2 55.6 67.5 31.8
Pittsburgh, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Portland, OR 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Richmond, VA 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 31.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rochester, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sacramento, CA 2 0 0 0 1 18.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.8
San Antonio, TX 5 6 1 3 2 22.6 27.2 4.3 12.9 8.6
San Diego, CA 0 6 4 8 10 0.0 32.3 21.7 43.3 54.2
San Francisco, CA 1 1 0 0 0 11.5 12.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
San Jose, CA 1 2 5 4 5 5.9 12.1 30.9 24.7 30.9
Seattle, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
St Louis, MO 1 3 0 0 0 18.4 56.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
St Paul, MN 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
St Petersburg, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tampa, FL 1 6 2 3 1 11.8 72.5 25.2 37.9 12.6
Toledo, OH 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 21.2 21.2
Tucson, AZ 0 0 0 1 8 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.5 68.0
Tulsa, OK 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 0.0 15.3 0.0 15.3
Washington, DC 4 2 1 1 1 52.2 26.2 13.3 13.3 13.3
Wichita, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Yonkers, NY 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 35.6 0.0 0.0
U.S. CITY TOTAL 320 280 260 235 190 39.1 34.6 32.4 29.3 23.7
San Juan, PR 5 5 3 1 5 77.3 80.4 50.6 16.9 84.3
TOTAL 325 285 263 236 195 39.4 35.0 32.6 29.2 24.2

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

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