Table 27. Primary and Secondary Syphilis - Reported Cases and Rates of Reported Cases by State/Area and Region in Alphabetical Order, United States and Outlying Areas, 2009-2013

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State/Area	Cases					Rates per 100,000 Population
State/Area	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Alabama	417	260	228	216	183	8.9	5.4	4.7	4.5	3.8
Alaska	0	3	5	11	23	0.0	0.4	0.7	1.5	3.1
Arizona	231	230	274	202	287	3.5	3.6	4.2	3.1	4.4
Arkansas	275	205	182	173	177	9.5	7.0	6.2	5.9	6.0
California	1,900	2,065	2,443	2,953	3,532	5.1	5.5	6.5	7.8	9.3
Colorado	105	138	133	208	163	2.1	2.7	2.6	4.0	3.1
Connecticut	65	98	65	55	56	1.8	2.7	1.8	1.5	1.6
Delaware	27	9	27	38	52	3.1	1.0	3.0	4.1	5.7
District of Columbia	163	134	165	165	168	27.2	22.3	26.7	26.1	26.6
Florida	1,041	1,184	1,257	1,369	1,513	5.6	6.3	6.6	7.1	7.8
Georgia	953	795	678	937	1,017	9.7	8.2	6.9	9.4	10.3
Hawaii	33	35	14	23	46	2.5	2.6	1.0	1.7	3.3
Idaho	3	6	13	26	15	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.6	0.9
Illinois	750	908	881	804	798	5.8	7.1	6.8	6.2	6.2
Indiana	158	175	173	224	215	2.5	2.7	2.7	3.4	3.3
Iowa	23	19	20	70	106	0.8	0.6	0.7	2.3	3.4
Kansas	32	19	24	24	51	1.1	0.7	0.8	0.8	1.8
Kentucky	92	139	129	150	122	2.1	3.2	3.0	3.4	2.8
Louisiana	741	546	447	339	423	16.5	12.0	9.8	7.4	9.2
Maine	4	32	12	17	10	0.3	2.4	0.9	1.3	0.8
Maryland	314	328	452	431	456	5.5	5.7	7.8	7.3	7.7
Massachusetts	238	285	266	316	360	3.6	4.4	4.0	4.8	5.4
Michigan	230	235	286	295	487	2.3	2.4	2.9	3.0	4.9
Minnesota	71	149	139	118	193	1.3	2.8	2.6	2.2	3.6
Mississippi	237	228	191	150	78	8.0	7.7	6.4	5.0	2.6
Missouri	173	152	136	157	251	2.9	2.5	2.3	2.6	4.2
Montana	4	3	7	2	5	0.4	0.3	0.7	0.2	0.5
Nebraska	5	12	10	8	41	0.3	0.7	0.5	0.4	2.2
Nevada	91	130	136	113	205	3.4	4.8	5.0	4.1	7.4
New Hampshire	14	22	18	36	28	1.1	1.7	1.4	2.7	2.1
New Jersey	212	244	232	229	233	2.4	2.8	2.6	2.6	2.6
New Mexico	61	53	71	101	78	3.0	2.6	3.4	4.8	3.7
New York	1,182	1,098	1,083	1,224	1,459	6.0	5.7	5.6	6.3	7.5
North Carolina	579	396	431	347	404	6.2	4.2	4.5	3.6	4.1
North Dakota	4	3	1	4	12	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.7
Ohio	360	528	440	425	436	3.1	4.6	3.8	3.7	3.8
Oklahoma	97	92	84	83	118	2.6	2.5	2.2	2.2	3.1
Oregon	57	71	97	212	267	1.5	1.9	2.5	5.4	6.8
Pennsylvania	341	369	373	494	471	2.7	2.9	2.9	3.9	3.7
Rhode Island	20	41	46	44	45	1.9	3.9	4.4	4.2	4.3
South Carolina	123	155	221	225	271	2.7	3.4	4.7	4.8	5.7
South Dakota	0	4	0	18	44	0.0	0.5	0.0	2.2	5.3
Tennessee	403	277	278	266	214	6.4	4.4	4.3	4.1	3.3
Texas	1,644	1,230	1,169	1,627	1,475	6.6	4.9	4.6	6.2	5.7
Utah	31	65	14	42	74	1.1	2.4	0.5	1.5	2.6
Vermont	0	4	9	6	3	0.0	0.6	1.4	1.0	0.5
Virginia	299	279	213	285	315	3.8	3.5	2.6	3.5	3.8
Washington	139	266	328	302	284	2.1	4.0	4.8	4.4	4.1
West Virginia	8	6	4	8	15	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.8
Wisconsin	44	49	65	91	95	0.8	0.9	1.1	1.6	1.7
Wyoming	3	0	0	4	1	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.2
U.S. TOTAL	13,997	13,774	13,970	15,667	17,375	4.6	4.5	4.5	5.0	5.5
Northeast	2,076	2,193	2,104	2,421	2,665	3.8	4.0	3.8	4.3	4.8
Midwest	1,850	2,253	2,175	2,238	2,729	2.8	3.4	3.2	3.3	4.1
South	7,413	6,263	6,156	6,809	7,001	6.5	5.5	5.3	5.8	6.0
West	2,658	3,065	3,535	4,199	4,980	3.7	4.3	4.9	5.7	6.8
Guam	2	1	5	6	6	1.1	0.6	3.1	3.8	3.8
Puerto Rico	227	228	254	306	385	5.7	6.1	6.9	8.3	10.5
Virgin Islands	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9
OUTLYING AREAS	229	229	259	312	393	5.4	5.7	6.5	7.9	10.0
TOTAL	14,226	14,003	14,229	15,979	17,768	4.6	4.5	4.5	5.0	5.6

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- Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention