Table 26. Primary and Secondary Syphilis — Reported Cases and Rates of Reported Cases by State, Ranked by Rates, United States, 2015
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Rank* | State | Cases | Rate per 100,000 Population |
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1 | Louisiana | 696 | 15.0 |
2 | Georgia | 1,413 | 14.0 |
3 | California | 4,908 | 12.6 |
4 | North Carolina | 1,196 | 12.0 |
5 | Nevada | 335 | 11.8 |
6 | Florida | 2,083 | 10.5 |
7 | New York | 2,006 | 10.2 |
8 | Arizona | 589 | 8.7 |
9 | Oregon | 345 | 8.7 |
10 | Maryland | 509 | 8.5 |
11 | Illinois | 1,085 | 8.4 |
U.S. TOTAL† | 23,872 | 7.5 | |
12 | Mississippi | 219 | 7.3 |
13 | Rhode Island | 77 | 7.3 |
14 | Hawaii | 91 | 6.4 |
15 | Washington | 445 | 6.3 |
16 | Texas | 1,680 | 6.2 |
17 | Massachusetts | 418 | 6.2 |
18 | South Carolina | 294 | 6.1 |
19 | Alabama | 280 | 5.8 |
20 | New Mexico | 118 | 5.7 |
21 | Oklahoma | 209 | 5.4 |
22 | Tennessee | 349 | 5.3 |
23 | Pennsylvania | 655 | 5.1 |
24 | Missouri | 307 | 5.1 |
25 | Ohio | 560 | 4.8 |
26 | Colorado | 245 | 4.6 |
27 | South Dakota | 39 | 4.6 |
28 | Arkansas | 134 | 4.5 |
29 | Minnesota | 246 | 4.5 |
30 | Delaware | 41 | 4.4 |
31 | Indiana | 285 | 4.3 |
32 | New Jersey | 372 | 4.2 |
33 | Michigan | 403 | 4.1 |
34 | Virginia | 334 | 4.0 |
35 | Idaho | 57 | 3.5 |
36 | Kentucky | 145 | 3.3 |
37 | New Hampshire | 40 | 3.0 |
38 | Kansas | 87 | 3.0 |
39 | West Virginia | 52 | 2.8 |
40 | Connecticut | 92 | 2.6 |
41 | Iowa | 75 | 2.4 |
42 | Nebraska | 45 | 2.4 |
43 | Utah | 65 | 2.2 |
44 | Maine | 28 | 2.1 |
45 | North Dakota | 11 | 1.5 |
46 | Vermont | 9 | 1.4 |
47 | Wisconsin | 79 | 1.4 |
48 | Montana | 13 | 1.3 |
49 | Alaska | 8 | 1.1 |
50 | Wyoming | 5 | 0.9 |
* 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 95 cases and a rate of 14.4, but excludes outlying areas (Guam with 2 cases and rate of 1.2, Puerto Rico with 531 cases and rate of 15.0, and Virgin Islands with 8 cases and rate of 7.7).
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