Table 25. Primary and secondary syphilis—Reported cases and rates by state/area and region listed in alphabetical order: United States and outlying areas, 2004-2008

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State/Area	Cases					Rates per 100,000 Population
State/Area	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Alabama	165	169	319	380	449	3.6	3.7	6.9	8.2	9.7
Alaska	8	9	11	7	1	1.2	1.4	1.6	1.0	0.1
Arizona	157	175	203	296	317	2.7	2.9	3.3	4.7	5.0
Arkansas	47	52	77	122	206	1.7	1.9	2.7	4.3	7.3
California	1,356	1,585	1,835	2,038	2,204	3.8	4.4	5.0	5.6	6.0
Colorado	63	46	69	57	128	1.4	1.0	1.5	1.2	2.6
Connecticut	45	58	64	39	34	1.3	1.7	1.8	1.1	1.0
Delaware	9	11	20	18	16	1.1	1.3	2.3	2.1	1.9
District of Columbia	69	114	116	178	146	12.5	20.7	19.9	30.3	24.8
Florida	728	724	719	913	1,044	4.2	4.1	4.0	5.0	5.7
Georgia	549	645	581	680	914	6.2	7.1	6.2	7.1	9.6
Hawaii	8	11	18	9	29	0.6	0.9	1.4	0.7	2.3
Idaho	24	20	3	1	7	1.7	1.4	0.2	0.1	0.5
Illinois	386	525	431	464	554	3.0	4.1	3.4	3.6	4.3
Indiana	60	62	93	54	140	1.0	1.0	1.5	0.9	2.2
Iowa	5	9	19	21	16	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.5
Kansas	24	19	27	28	30	0.9	0.7	1.0	1.0	1.1
Kentucky	47	52	73	56	93	1.1	1.2	1.7	1.3	2.2
Louisiana	332	278	342	533	707	7.4	6.1	8.0	12.4	16.5
Maine	2	1	9	9	10	0.2	0.1	0.7	0.7	0.8
Maryland	380	313	300	345	378	6.8	5.6	5.3	6.1	6.7
Massachusetts	114	125	124	155	216	1.8	2.0	1.9	2.4	3.3
Michigan	192	105	118	123	210	1.9	1.0	1.2	1.2	2.1
Minnesota	27	70	47	59	116	0.5	1.4	0.9	1.1	2.2
Mississippi	59	49	86	133	184	2.0	1.7	3.0	4.6	6.3
Missouri	94	147	168	239	224	1.6	2.5	2.9	4.1	3.8
Montana	4	7	1	8	7	0.4	0.7	0.1	0.8	0.7
Nebraska	7	4	7	4	15	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.8
Nevada	40	109	137	111	77	1.7	4.5	5.5	4.3	3.0
New Hampshire	5	16	13	30	20	0.4	1.2	1.0	2.3	1.5
New Jersey	150	133	173	227	226	1.7	1.5	2.0	2.6	2.6
New Mexico	82	56	79	46	44	4.3	2.9	4.0	2.3	2.2
New York	727	705	736	1,068	1,217	3.8	3.7	3.8	5.5	6.3
North Carolina	192	274	309	323	287	2.2	3.2	3.5	3.6	3.2
North Dakota	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
Ohio	237	211	184	194	351	2.1	1.8	1.6	1.7	3.1
Oklahoma	25	44	70	65	86	0.7	1.2	2.0	1.8	2.4
Oregon	29	41	29	18	26	0.8	1.1	0.8	0.5	0.7
Pennsylvania	118	199	264	263	272	1.0	1.6	2.1	2.1	2.2
Rhode Island	26	24	14	36	18	2.4	2.2	1.3	3.4	1.7
South Carolina	116	84	66	91	98	2.8	2.0	1.5	2.1	2.2
South Dakota	0	2	13	7	1	0.0	0.3	1.7	0.9	0.1
Tennessee	130	217	249	367	413	2.2	3.6	4.1	6.0	6.7
Texas	827	873	1,064	1,160	1,405	3.7	3.8	4.5	4.9	5.9
Utah	13	10	21	20	25	0.5	0.4	0.8	0.8	0.9
Vermont	1	1	3	10	11	0.2	0.2	0.5	1.6	1.8
Virginia	116	143	190	230	266	1.6	1.9	2.5	3.0	3.4
Washington	150	152	182	154	181	2.4	2.4	2.8	2.4	2.8
West Virginia	3	3	11	6	13	0.2	0.2	0.6	0.3	0.7
Wisconsin	29	41	68	66	65	0.5	0.7	1.2	1.2	1.2
Wyoming	3	0	0	4	3	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.6
U.S. TOTAL	7,980	8,724	9,756	11,466	13,500	2.7	2.9	3.3	3.8	4.5
Northeast	1,188	1,262	1,400	1,837	2,024	2.2	2.3	2.6	3.4	3.7
Midwest	1,061	1,196	1,176	1,260	1,722	1.6	1.8	1.8	1.9	2.6
South	3,794	4,045	4,592	5,600	6,705	3.6	3.8	4.2	5.1	6.1
West	1,937	2,221	2,588	2,769	3,049	2.9	3.3	3.7	4.0	4.3
Guam	0	2	3	8	6	0.0	1.2	1.8	4.6	3.5
Puerto Rico	182	224	150	169	167	4.7	5.7	3.8	4.3	4.2
Virgin Islands	5	1	1	0	0	4.6	0.9	0.9	0.0	0.0
OUTLYING AREAS	187	227	154	177	173	4.5	5.4	3.7	4.2	4.1
TOTAL	8,167	8,951	9,910	11,643	13,673	2.7	3.0	3.3	3.8	4.5

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