Table_34

Table 34.  Congenital Syphilis - Reported Cases
and rates in infants <1 year of age: United States
      (exculding outlying areas), 1963-1995
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      Year        Cases   Rate per 100,000
                            Live Births
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      1963         367          9.2
      1964         336          8.7
      1965         335          8.9
      1966         333          8.8
      1967         156          4.1
      1968         274          7.3
      1969         264          7.0
      1970         323          8.6
      1971         422         11.9
      1972         360         11.0
      1973         295          9.4
      1974         250          7.9
      1975         169          5.3
      1976         160          5.1
      1977         134          4.0
      1978         104          3.0
      1979         123          3.5
      1980         107          3.0
      1981         160          4.4
      1982         159          4.3
      1983         158          4.3
      1984         247          6.7
      1985         266          7.0
      1986         357          9.5
      1987         444         11.6
      1988         658         16.8
      1989       1,807         44.7
      1990       3,816         91.0
      1991       4,410        107.3
      1992       3,850         94.7
      1993       3,237         80.7
      1994       2,204         55.6
      1995       1,548         39.0
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Years 1963-1966 are fiscal years.

NOTE: The surveillance case definition for congenital 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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