Table 25. Primary and Secondary Syphilis - Reported Cases and Rates by State, Ranked by Rates, United States, 2010

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Rank*	State	Cases	Rate per 100,000 Population
1	Louisiana	546	12.2
2	Georgia	795	8.1
3	Mississippi	228	7.7
4	Arkansas	205	7.1
5	Illinois	908	7.0
6	Florida	1,184	6.4
7	Maryland	328	5.8
8	New York	1,098	5.6
9	California	2,065	5.6
10	Alabama	260	5.5
11	Texas	1,230	5.0
12	Nevada	130	4.9
13	Ohio	528	4.6
	U.S. TOTAL†	13,774	4.5
14	Tennessee	277	4.4
15	Massachusetts	285	4.3
16	North Carolina	396	4.2
17	Washington	266	4.0
18	Rhode Island	41	3.9
19	Virginia	279	3.5
20	Arizona	230	3.5
21	South Carolina	155	3.4
22	Kentucky	139	3.2
23	Pennsylvania	369	2.9
24	Minnesota	149	2.8
25	New Jersey	244	2.8
26	Connecticut	98	2.8
27	Colorado	138	2.7
28	Indiana	175	2.7
29	Hawaii	35	2.7
30	New Mexico	53	2.6
31	Missouri	152	2.5
32	Oklahoma	92	2.5
33	Maine	32	2.4
34	Michigan	235	2.4
35	Utah	65	2.3
36	Oregon	71	1.9
37	New Hampshire	22	1.7
38	Delaware	9	1.0
39	Wisconsin	49	0.9
40	Kansas	19	0.7
41	Nebraska	12	0.7
42	Vermont	4	0.6
43	Iowa	19	0.6
44	South Dakota	4	0.5
45	North Dakota	3	0.5
46	Alaska	3	0.4
47	Idaho	6	0.4
48	West Virginia	6	0.3
49	Montana	3	0.3
	Wyoming	0	0.0

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

†Total includes cases reported by the District of Columbia with 134 cases and a rate of 22.3, but excludes outlying areas (Guam with 1 case and rate of 0.6, Puerto Rico with 228 cases and rate of 5.7, and Virgin Islands with 0 cases and rate of 0.0).

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Page last reviewed: November 17, 2011 (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