Table 40. Congenital Syphilis — Reported Cases and Rates of Reported Cases by State†, Ranked by Rates, United States, 2016
Rank* | State† | Cases | Rate per 100,000 Live Births |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Louisiana | 48 | 74.4 |
2 | California | 206 | 41.0 |
3 | Nevada | 12 | 33.5 |
4 | Florida | 59 | 26.8 |
5 | Maryland | 16 | 21.6 |
6 | Texas | 71 | 17.8 |
7 | Arizona | 15 | 17.3 |
8 | South Dakota | 2 | 16.3 |
9 | Georgia | 21 | 16.0 |
U.S. TOTAL‡ | 628 | 15.7 | |
10 | South Carolina | 9 | 15.6 |
11 | Arkansas | 6 | 15.6 |
12 | North Carolina | 16 | 13.2 |
13 | Oregon | 6 | 13.2 |
14 | New Jersey | 12 | 11.6 |
15 | New Mexico | 3 | 11.5 |
16 | Michigan | 13 | 11.4 |
17 | Illinois | 18 | 11.4 |
18 | Missouri | 8 | 10.6 |
19 | Minnesota | 7 | 10.0 |
20 | West Virginia | 2 | 9.9 |
21 | Tennessee | 8 | 9.8 |
22 | Indiana | 8 | 9.5 |
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23 | Ohio | 11 | 7.9 |
24 | Alabama | 4 | 6.7 |
25 | Colorado | 4 | 6.1 |
26 | Oklahoma | 3 | 5.6 |
27 | Massachusetts | 4 | 5.6 |
28 | New York | 13 | 5.4 |
29 | Hawaii | 1 | 5.4 |
30 | Kentucky | 3 | 5.3 |
31 | Mississippi | 2 | 5.2 |
32 | Virginia | 5 | 4.8 |
33 | Pennsylvania | 5 | 3.5 |
34 | Washington | 3 | 3.4 |
35 | Kansas | 1 | 2.5 |
36 | Iowa | 1 | 2.5 |
37 | Wisconsin | 1 | 1.5 |
Alaska | 0 | 0.0 | |
Connecticut | 0 | 0.0 | |
Delaware | 0 | 0.0 | |
Idaho | 0 | 0.0 | |
Maine | 0 | 0.0 | |
Montana | 0 | 0.0 | |
Nebraska | 0 | 0.0 | |
New Hampshire | 0 | 0.0 | |
North Dakota | 0 | 0.0 | |
Rhode Island | 0 | 0.0 | |
Utah | 0 | 0.0 | |
Vermont | 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 1 case, but excludes outlying areas (Guam with 0 cases, Puerto Rico with 4 cases, and Virgin Islands with 0 cases).
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