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Table 40. Congenital 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 Live Births
1 Louisiana 53 83.9
2 California 141 28.5
3 Maryland 18 25.0
4 Nevada 8 22.8
5 Illinois 30 19.1
6 Florida 38 17.6
7 Arizona 14 16.4
8 Georgia 21 16.3
9 Oregon 6 13.3
10 Arkansas 5 13.2
11 Oklahoma 7 13.1
12 Texas 49 12.7
U.S. TOTAL‡ 487 12.4
13 Ohio 17 12.2
14 Hawaii 2 10.5
15 Michigan 11 9.7
16 Delaware 1 9.2
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17 New Mexico 2 7.6
18 North Carolina 9 7.6
19 Tennessee 5 6.3
20 Indiana 5 6.0
21 Washington 5 5.8
22 Massachusetts 4 5.6
23 South Carolina 3 5.3
24 Alabama 3 5.2
25 New York 12 5.1
26 Pennsylvania 7 5.0
27 Missouri 3 4.0
28 Virginia 3 2.9
29 Minnesota 2 2.9
30 Connecticut 1 2.8
31 Kentucky 1 1.8
Alaska 0 0.0
Colorado 0 0.0
Idaho 0 0.0
Iowa 0 0.0
Kansas 0 0.0
Maine 0 0.0
Mississippi 0 0.0
Montana 0 0.0
Nebraska 0 0.0
New Hampshire 0 0.0
New Jersey 0 0.0
North Dakota 0 0.0
Rhode Island 0 0.0
South Dakota 0 0.0
Utah 0 0.0
Vermont 0 0.0
West Virginia 0 0.0
Wisconsin 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 cases, but excludes outlying areas (Guam with 1 cases, Puerto Rico with 5 cases, and Virgin Islands with 0 cases).

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