Table 36. Congenital syphilis -- Reported cases in infants <1 year of age in selected cities of >200,000
population: United States and outlying areas, 1986-1995
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Cases
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City 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
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Akron, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Albuquerque, NM 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Atlanta, GA 0 0 1 2 26 48 53 36 11 21
Austin, TX 1 0 0 3 1 5 0 9 3 0
Baltimore, MD 1 1 6 4 8 9 7 5 1 10
Birmingham, AL 0 2 0 0 1 4 0 7 7 8
Boston, MA 1 0 1 5 11 2 4 3 4 0
Buffalo, NY 0 0 0 3 1 5 2 6 1 1
Charlotte, NC 0 0 1 1 6 10 12 10 3 1
Chicago, IL 6 8 14 55 162 245 322 275 177 121
Cincinnati, OH 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 12 15 5
Cleveland, OH 0 0 1 3 12 37 41 47 44 18
Columbus, OH 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 0
Corpus Christi, TX 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Dallas, TX 17 15 15 14 25 16 45 22 10 11
Dayton, OH 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 5 5 7
Denver, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
Des Moines, IA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Detroit, MI 0 3 5 19 61 70 58 72 19 23
El Paso, TX 4 2 0 5 20 15 19 18 10 1
Fort Worth, TX 6 2 3 2 1 20 20 13 7 11
Honolulu, HI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Houston, TX 14 12 17 41 106 134 182 119 86 50
Indianapolis, IN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
Jacksonville, FL 4 7 1 0 0 5 8 8 1 1
Jersey City, NJ 1 0 0 2 16 4 12 7 9 11
Kansas City, MO 0 0 0 0 3 4 14 11 7 2
Los Angeles, CA 30 39 74 41 514 498 343 256 190 155
Louisville, KY 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 7 10 4
Memphis, TN 4 2 20 15 37 59 42 35 35 22
Miami, FL 56 26 81 106 82 255 144 113 14 28
Milwaukee, WI 0 0 0 0 9 28 11 5 15 11
Minneapolis, MN 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 1 2
Nashville, TN 0 0 0 1 4 2 2 3 1 1
New Orleans, LA 1 0 0 28 93 27 1 54 23 0
New York City, NY 50 121 133 1,017 1,005 978 898 654 329 0
Newark, NJ 0 0 0 0 23 9 20 73 55 43
Norfolk, VA 0 0 0 0 2 5 9 10 2 8
Oakland, CA 1 7 10 7 35 21 6 7 0 0
Oklahoma City, OK 0 1 0 4 2 7 11 6 12 13
Omaha, NE 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 0
Philadelphia, PA 10 13 18 23 179 301 266 152 106 64
Phoenix, AZ 0 0 0 0 0 6 17 11 13 6
Pittsburgh, PA 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 0
Portland, OR 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0
Richmond, VA 0 1 0 5 2 7 11 0 0 0
Rochester, NY 0 0 1 4 5 14 12 7 4 4
Sacramento, CA 1 0 1 0 3 6 2 0 0 0
San Antonio, TX 1 5 3 8 3 15 14 9 10 7
San Diego, CA 3 6 12 16 41 35 13 9 0 0
San Francisco, CA 2 0 0 0 26 10 6 7 4 1
San Jose, CA 1 0 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 0
Seattle, WA 0 0 0 1 3 3 6 2 2 0
St Louis, MO 0 0 0 0 3 5 13 66 49 28
St Paul, MN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
St Petersburg, FL 2 2 5 5 7 29 13 11 0 2
Tampa, FL 3 7 6 12 5 43 14 12 4 9
Toledo, OH 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 3 0 0
Tucson, AZ 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 3 1
Tulsa, OK 0 0 0 2 1 1 5 4 1 1
Washington, DC 0 2 5 10 29 246 217 74 28 12
Wichita, KS 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Yonkers, NY 0 0 2 0 11 13 6 7 8 3
U.S. CITY TOTAL 223 291 441 1,469 2,595 3,275 2,931 2,302 1,349 727
San Juan, PR 5 4 4 5 4 15 11 11 10 0
TOTAL 228 295 445 1,474 2,599 3,290 2,942 2,313 1,359 727
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NOTE: The surveillance case definition for congential syphilis changed in 1988 (see Appendix). As of 1995, cases
of congenital syphilis <1 year of age per 100,000 live births are obtained using a new reporting form (CDC 73.126).
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