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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
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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