STATE RANKINGS
Below is a list of reported cases and rates of congenital syphilis in infants less than one year old in 2007. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommended target rate is one case of congenital syphilis per 100,000 live births.
36
55.1
2
30
32.0
3
12
31.1
4 Maryland
23
30.8
5
Texas
99
26.0
6
6
21.1
7
Nevada 7
19.9
8
87
16.0
9
9
15.1
10
14
10.8
11
11
9.5
12
20
9.2
13
9
6.5
14
16
6.4
15
3
5.8
16
5.8
17 Illinois
10
5.5
18
5.5
19
4
5.0
20
4.8
21
2
4.8
22
Oregon 2
4.4
23
3 3.4
24
2
2.9
25
Iowa
1
2.6
26
2
2.4
27
1.8
28
1
1.4
29
1
1.3
30 Virginia
1
1.0
31 Ohio
1
0.7
Alaska 0
0.0
0
0.0
Hawaii 0
0.0
0.0
Kansas 0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Massachusetts
0
0.0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Utah
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
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