Table 41. Congenital Syphilis - Reported Cases and Rates in Infants by Year of Birth, by State, Ranked by Rates, United States, 2012
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| Rank* | State† | Cases | Rate per 100,000 Live Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisiana | 32 | 49.3 |
| 2 | Arkansas | 11 | 27.6 |
| 3 | Texas | 78 | 19.4 |
| 4 | Florida | 37 | 16.7 |
| 5 | Maryland | 12 | 16.0 |
| 6 | Illinois | 27 | 15.8 |
| 7 | Arizona | 14 | 15.1 |
| 8 | Ohio | 16 | 11.0 |
| 9 | Georgia | 14 | 9.9 |
| 10 | South Carolina | 6 | 9.9 |
| Healthy People 2020 TARGET | 9.1 | ||
| 11 | Alaska | 1 | 8.8 |
| 12 | Delaware | 1 | 8.7 |
| U.S. TOTAL‡ | 322 | 7.8 | |
| 13 | California | 34 | 6.5 |
| 14 | Alabama | 4 | 6.4 |
| 15 | Michigan | 7 | 6.0 |
| 16 | Pennsylvania | 6 | 4.1 |
| 17 | Nebraska | 1 | 3.7 |
| 18 | Kentucky | 2 | 3.5 |
| 19 | New Mexico | 1 | 3.4 |
| 20 | New York | 8 | 3.2 |
| 21 | Nevada | 1 | 2.7 |
| 22 | Oregon | 1 | 2.1 |
| 23 | Minnesota | 1 | 1.4 |
| 24 | Wisconsin | 1 | 1.4 |
| 25 | Massachusetts | 1 | 1.3 |
| 26 | Missouri | 1 | 1.3 |
| 27 | Tennessee | 1 | 1.2 |
| 28 | Virginia | 1 | 1.0 |
| 29 | New Jersey | 1 | 0.9 |
| 30 | North Carolina | 1 | 0.8 |
| Colorado | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Connecticut | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Hawaii | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Idaho | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Indiana | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Iowa | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Kansas | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Maine | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Mississippi | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Montana | 0 | 0.0 | |
| New Hampshire | 0 | 0.0 | |
| North Dakota | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Oklahoma | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Rhode Island | 0 | 0.0 | |
| South Dakota | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Utah | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Vermont | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Washington | 0 | 0.0 | |
| West Virginia | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Wyoming | 0 | 0.0 |
* States were ranked by rate, then by case count, then in alphabetical order, with rates shown rounded to the nearest tenth.
† Mother's state of residence was used to assign case.
‡ Total includes cases reported by the District of Columbia, with 0 cases, but excludes outlying areas (Guam with 0 cases, Puerto Rico with 1 case and rate of 2.2, and Virgin Islands with 0 cases).
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