Table 24. Primary and secondary syphilis—Reported cases and rates by state, ranked by rates: United States, 2008

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Rank*	State	Cases	Rate per 100,000 Population
1	Louisiana	707	16.5
2	Alabama	449	9.7
3	Georgia	914	9.6
4	Arkansas	206	7.3
5	Maryland	378	6.7
6	Tennessee	413	6.7
7	New York	1,217	6.3
8	Mississippi	184	6.3
9	California	2,204	6.0
10	Texas	1,405	5.9
11	Florida	1,044	5.7
12	Arizona	317	5.0
	U.S. TOTAL^†	13,500	4.5
13	Illinois	554	4.3
14	Missouri	224	3.8
15	Virginia	266	3.4
16	Massachusetts	216	3.3
17	North Carolina	287	3.2
18	Ohio	351	3.1
19	Nevada	77	3.0
20	Washington	181	2.8
21	Colorado	128	2.6
22	New Jersey	226	2.6
23	Oklahoma	86	2.4
24	Hawaii	29	2.3
25	New Mexico	44	2.2
26	Minnesota	116	2.2
27	South Carolina	98	2.2
28	Indiana	140	2.2
29	Kentucky	93	2.2
30	Pennsylvania	272	2.2
31	Michigan	210	2.1
32	Delaware	16	1.9
33	Vermont	11	1.8
34	Rhode Island	18	1.7
35	New Hampshire	20	1.5
36	Wisconsin	65	1.2
37	Kansas	30	1.1
38	Connecticut	34	1.0
39	Utah	25	0.9
40	Nebraska	15	0.8
41	Maine	10	0.8
42	Montana	7	0.7
43	West Virginia	13	0.7
44	Oregon	26	0.7
45	Wyoming	3	0.6
46	Iowa	16	0.5
47	Idaho	7	0.5
	YEAR 2010 TARGET		0.2
48	Alaska	1	0.1
49	South Dakota	1	0.1
	North Dakota	0	0.0

* States were ranked in descending order by rate, number of cases, and alphabetically by state.

^† Total includes cases reported by the District of Columbia with 146 cases and a rate of 24.8, but excludes outlying areas (Guam with 6 cases and rate of 3.5, Puerto Rico with 167 cases and rate of 4.2, and Virgin Islands with 0 cases and rate of 0.0).

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Page last reviewed: November 16, 2009 (archived document)
Content source:
- Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention