Table 26. Primary and Secondary Syphilis - Reported Cases and Rates of Reported Cases by State, Ranked by Rates, United States, 2013

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Rank*	State	Cases	Rate per 100,000 Population
1	Georgia	1,017	10.3
2	California	3,532	9.3
3	Louisiana	423	9.2
4	Florida	1,513	7.8
5	Maryland	456	7.7
6	New York	1,459	7.5
7	Nevada	205	7.4
8	Oregon	267	6.8
9	Illinois	798	6.2
10	Arkansas	177	6.0
11	South Carolina	271	5.7
12	Delaware	52	5.7
13	Texas	1,475	5.7
	U.S. TOTAL†	17,375	5.5
14	Massachusetts	360	5.4
15	South Dakota	44	5.3
16	Michigan	487	4.9
17	Arizona	287	4.4
18	Rhode Island	45	4.3
19	Missouri	251	4.2
20	North Carolina	404	4.1
21	Washington	284	4.1
22	Virginia	315	3.8
23	Alabama	183	3.8
24	Ohio	436	3.8
25	New Mexico	78	3.7
26	Pennsylvania	471	3.7
27	Minnesota	193	3.6
28	Iowa	106	3.4
29	Tennessee	214	3.3
30	Hawaii	46	3.3
31	Indiana	215	3.3
32	Alaska	23	3.1
33	Colorado	163	3.1
34	Oklahoma	118	3.1
35	Kentucky	122	2.8
36	New Jersey	233	2.6
37	Mississippi	78	2.6
38	Utah	74	2.6
39	Nebraska	41	2.2
40	New Hampshire	28	2.1
41	Kansas	51	1.8
42	North Dakota	12	1.7
43	Wisconsin	95	1.7
44	Connecticut	56	1.6
45	Idaho	15	0.9
46	West Virginia	15	0.8
47	Maine	10	0.8
48	Montana	5	0.5
49	Vermont	3	0.5
50	Wyoming	1	0.2

* States were ranked by rate, then by case count, then in alphabetical order, with rates shown rounded to the nearest tenth.

† Total includes cases reported by the District of Columbia with 168 cases and a rate of 26.6, but excludes outlying areas (Guam with 6 cases and rate of 3.8, Puerto Rico with 385 cases and rate of 10.5, and Virgin Islands with 2 cases and rate of 1.9).

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Page last reviewed: December 16, 2014 (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