Table 1. Cases of sexually transmitted diseases reported by state health departments and rates per 100,000 population: United States, 1941-2008

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Year*	Syphilis										Chlamydia		Gonorrhea		Chancroid
	All Stages		Primary and Secondary		Early Latent		Late and Late Latent†		Congenital		Chlamydia		Gonorrhea		Chancroid
	Cases	Rate	Cases	Rate	Cases	Rate	Cases	Rate	Cases	Rate‡	Cases	Rate	Cases	Rate	Cases	Rate
1941	485,560	368.2	68,231	51.7	109,018	82.6	202,984	153.9	17,600	651.1	NR		193,468	146.7	3,384	2.5
1942	479,601	363.4	75,312	57.0	116,245	88.0	202,064	153.1	16,918	566.0	NR		212,403	160.9	5,477	4.1
1943	575,593	447.0	82,204	63.8	149,390	116.0	251,958	195.7	16,164	520.7	NR		275,070	213.6	8,354	6.4
1944	467,755	367.9	78,443	61.6	123,038	96.7	202,848	159.6	13,578	462.0	NR		300,676	236.5	7,878	6.1
1945	359,114	282.3	77,007	60.5	101,719	79.9	142,187	111.8	12,339	431.7	NR		287,181	225.8	5,515	4.3
1946	363,647	271.7	94,957	70.9	107,924	80.6	125,248	93.6	12,106	354.9	NR		368,020	275.0	7,091	5.2
1947	355,592	252.3	93,545	66.4	104,124	73.9	122,089	86.6	12,200	319.6	NR		380,666	270.0	9,515	6.7
1948	314,313	218.2	68,174	47.3	90,598	62.9	123,312	85.6	13,931	383.0	NR		345,501	239.8	7,661	5.3
1949	256,463	175.3	41,942	28.7	75,045	51.3	116,397	79.5	13,952	382.4	NR		317,950	217.3	6,707	4.6
1950	217,558	146.0	23,939	16.7	59,256	39.7	113,569	70.2	13,377	368.3	NR		286,746	192.5	4,977	3.3
1951	174,924	116.1	14,485	9.6	43,316	28.7	98,311	65.2	11,094	290.4	NR		254,470	168.9	4,233	2.8
1952	167,762	110.2	10,449	6.9	36,454	24.0	105,238	69.1	8,553	218.8	NR		244,957	160.8	3,738	2.5
1953	148,573	95.9	8,637	5.6	28,295	18.3	98,870	63.8	7,675	193.9	NR		238,340	153.9	3,338	2.2
1954	130,687	82.9	7,147	4.5	23,861	15.1	89,123	56.5	6,676	164.0	NR		242,050	153.5	3,003	1.9
1955	122,392	76.2	6,454	4.0	20,054	12.5	86,526	53.8	5,354	130.7	NR		236,197	147.0	2,649	1.7
1956	130,201	78.7	6,392	3.9	19,783	12.0	95,097	57.5	5,491	130.4	NR		224,346	135.7	2,135	1.3
1957	123,758	73.5	6,576	3.9	17,796	10.6	91,309	54.2	5,288	123.0	NR		214,496	127.4	1,637	1.0
1958	113,884	66.4	7,176	4.2	16,556	9.7	83,027	48.4	4,866	114.6	NR		232,386	135.6	1,595	0.9
1959	120,824	69.2	9,799	5.6	17,025	9.8	86,740	49.7	5,130	119.7	NR		240,254	137.6	1,537	0.9
1960	122,538	68.8	16,145	9.1	18,017	10.1	81,798	45.9	4,416	103.7	NR		258,933	145.4	1,680	0.9
1961	124,658	68.8	19,851	11.0	19,486	10.8	79,304	43.8	4,163	97.5	NR		264,158	145.8	1,438	0.8
1962	126,245	68.7	21,067	11.5	19,585	10.7	79,533	43.3	4,070	97.7	NR		263,714	143.6	1,344	0.7
1963	124,137	66.5	22,251	11.9	18,235	9.8	78,076	41.8	4,031	98.4	NR		278,289	149.0	1,220	0.7
1964	114,325	60.4	22,969	12.1	17,781	9.4	68,629	36.3	3,516	87.3	NR		300,666	158.9	1,247	0.7
1965	112,842	58.9	23,338	12.2	17,458	9.1	67,317	35.1	3,564	94.8	NR		324,925	169.5	982	0.5
1966	105,159	54.2	21,414	11.0	15,950	8.2	63,541	32.7	3,170	87.9	NR		351,738	181.2	838	0.4
1967	102,581	52.2	21,053	10.7	15,554	7.9	61,975	31.5	2,894	82.2	NR		404,836	205.9	784	0.4
1968	96,271	48.4	19,019	9.6	15,150	7.6	58,564	29.4	2,381	68.0	NR		464,543	233.4	845	0.4
1969	92,162	45.7	19,130	9.5	15,402	7.6	54,587	27.1	2,074	57.6	NR		534,872	265.4	1,104	0.5
1970	91,382	44.8	21,982	10.8	16,311	8.0	50,348	24.7	1,953	52.3	NR		600,072	294.2	1,416	0.7
1971	95,997	46.4	23,783	11.5	19,417	9.4	49,993	24.2	2,052	57.7	NR		670,268	324.1	1,320	0.6
1972	91,149	43.6	24,429	11.7	20,784	9.9	43,456	20.8	1,758	54.0	NR		767,215	366.6	1,414	0.7
1973	87,469	41.4	24,825	11.7	23,584	11.2	37,054	17.5	1,527	48.7	NR		842,621	398.7	1,165	0.6
1974	83,771	39.3	25,385	11.9	25,124	11.8	31,854	14.9	1,138	36.0	NR		906,121	424.7	945	0.4
1975	80,356	37.3	25,561	11.9	26,569	12.3	27,096	12.6	916	29.1	NR		999,937	464.1	700	0.3
1976	71,761	33.0	23,731	10.9	25,363	11.7	21,905	10.1	626	19.8	NR		1,001,994	460.6	628	0.3
1977	64,621	29.4	20,399	9.3	21,329	9.7	22,313	10.2	463	13.9	NR		1,002,219	456.0	455	0.2
1978	64,875	29.2	21,656	9.8	19,628	8.8	23,038	10.4	434	13.0	NR		1,013,436	456.3	521	0.2
1979	67,049	29.9	24,874	11.1	20,459	9.1	21,301	9.5	332	9.5	NR		1,004,058	447.1	840	0.4
1980	68,832	30.3	27,204	12.0	20,297	8.9	20,979	9.2	277	7.7	NR		1,004,029	442.1	788	0.3
1981	72,799	31.7	31,266	13.6	21,033	9.2	20,168	8.8	287	7.9	NR		990,864	431.8	850	0.4
1982	75,579	32.6	33,613	14.5	21,894	9.5	19,799	8.5	259	7.0	NR		960,633	414.7	1,392	0.6
1983	74,637	31.9	32,698	14.0	23,738	10.2	17,896	7.7	239	6.6	NR		900,435	385.1	847	0.4
1984	69,872	29.6	28,607	12.1	23,131	9.8	17,829	7.6	305	8.3	7,594	6.5	878,556	372.5	665	0.3
1985	67,563	28.4	27,131	11.4	21,689	9.1	18,414	7.7	329	8.7	25,848	17.4	911,419	383.0	2,067	0.9
1986	67,779	28.2	27,667	11.5	21,656	9.0	18,046	7.5	410	10.9	58,001	35.2	892,229	371.5	3,045	1.3
1987	87,286	36.0	35,585	14.7	28,233	11.7	22,988	9.5	480	12.6	91,913	50.8	787,532	325.0	4,986	2.1
1988	104,546	42.8	40,474	16.6	35,968	14.7	27,363	11.2	741	19.0	157,854	87.1	738,160	301.9	4,891	2.0
1989	115,089	46.6	45,826	18.6	45,394	18.4	22,032	8.9	1,837	45.5	200,904	102.5	733,294	297.1	4,697	1.9
1990	135,590	54.3	50,578	20.3	55,397	22.2	25,750	10.3	3,865	92.9	323,663	160.2	690,042	276.4	4,212	1.7
1991	128,719	50.9	42,950	17.0	53,855	21.3	27,490	10.9	4,424	107.6	381,228	179.7	621,918	245.8	3,476	1.4
1992	114,730	44.7	34,009	13.3	49,929	19.5	26,725	10.4	4,067	100.0	409,694	182.3	502,858	196.0	1,906	0.7
1993	102,612	39.5	26,527	10.2	41,919	16.1	30,746	11.8	3,420	85.5	405,332	178.0	444,649	171.1	1,292	0.5
1994	82,713	31.4	20,641	7.8	32,017	12.2	27,603	10.5	2,452	62.0	451,785	192.5	419,602	163.9	782	0.3
1995	69,359	26.0	16,543	6.2	26,657	10.0	24,296	9.1	1,863	47.8	478,577	187.8	392,651	147.5	607	0.2
1996	53,240	19.8	11,405	4.2	20,187	7.5	20,366	7.6	1,282	32.9	492,631	190.6	328,169	121.8	386	0.1
1997	46,716	17.1	8,556	3.1	16,631	6.1	20,447	7.5	1,082	27.9	537,904	205.5	327,665	120.2	246	0.1
1998	38,289	13.9	7,007	2.5	12,696	4.6	17,743	6.4	843	21.4	614,250	231.8	356,492	129.2	189	0.1
1999	35,385	12.7	6,617	2.4	11,534	4.1	16,655	6.0	579	14.6	662,647	247.2	360,813	129.3	110	0.0
2000	31,618	11.2	5,979	2.1	9,465	3.4	15,594	5.5	580	14.3	709,452	251.4	363,136	128.7	78	0.0
2001	32,284	11.3	6,103	2.1	8,701	3.0	16,976	5.9	504	12.5	783,242	274.5	361,705	126.8	38	0.0
2002	32,919	11.4	6,862	2.4	8,429	2.9	17,168	6.0	460	11.4	834,555	289.4	351,852	122.0	48	0.0
2003	34,289	11.8	7,177	2.5	8,361	2.9	18,319	6.3	432	10.6	877,478	301.7	335,104	115.2	54	0.0
2004	33,423	11.4	7,980	2.7	7,768	2.6	17,300	5.9	375	9.1	929,462	316.5	330,132	112.4	30	0.0
2005	33,288	11.2	8,724	2.9	8,176	2.8	16,049	5.4	339	8.2	976,445	329.4	339,593	114.6	17	0.0
2006	36,958	12.3	9,756	3.3	9,186	3.1	17,644	5.9	372	8.7	1,030,911	344.3	358,366	119.7	19	0.0
2007	40,921	13.6	11,466	3.8	10,768	3.6	18,256	6.1	431	10.1	1,108,374	367.5	355,991	118.0	23	0.0
2008	46,277	15.3	13,500	4.5	12,401	4.1	19,945	6.6	431	10.1	1,210,523	401.3	336,742	111.6	25	0.0

*For 1941-1946, data were reported for the federal fiscal year ending June 30 of the year indicated. From 1947 to the present, data were reported for the calendar year ending December 31. For 1941-1958, data for Alaska and Hawaii were not included.

† Late and late latent syphilis includes late latent syphilis, latent syphilis of unknown duration, neurosyphilis, and late syphilis with clinical manifestations other than neurosyphilis.

‡ Rates include all cases of congenitally acquired syphilis per 100,000 live births. As of 1995, cases of congenital syphilis are obtained in hardcopy and electronic format based on case reporting form CDC 73.126.

NOTE: Adjustments to the number of cases reported from state health departments were made for hardcopy forms and for electronic data submissions through June 10, 2009 (see Appendix). The number of cases and the rates shown here supersede those published in previous reports. Cases and rates shown in this table exclude the outlying areas of Guam, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands.

NR = No report.

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