Table_26

  Table 26. Primary and secondary syphilis  - Reported cases
       and rates in selected cities of >200,000 population,
            ranked according to rates: United States
                    and outlying areas, 1995
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                                                Rate per
                                                100,000
       Rank    City                    Cases    Population
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         1     St Louis, MO              361       100.6
         2     Memphis, TN               477        55.1
         3     Norfolk, VA               130        54.7
         4     Baltimore, MD             342        49.5
         5     New Orleans, LA           221        45.9
         6     Atlanta, GA               320        45.7
         7     Dayton, OH                244        42.8
         8     Birmingham, AL            264        40.1
         9     Cincinnati, OH            252        29.2
        10     Oklahoma City, OK         106        24.3
        11     Charlotte, NC             125        21.6
        12     Washington, DC            112        20.2
        13     Chicago, IL               582        19.7
        14     Louisville, KY            128        19.0
        15     Cleveland, OH             263        18.8
        16     Richmond, VA               37        18.7
        17     Nashville, TN              97        18.3
        18     Milwaukee, WI             150        16.1
        19     Newark, NJ                 43        15.0
        20     Denver, CO                 68        13.8
        21     Dallas, TX                268        13.7
        22     Houston, TX               417        13.6
        23     Philadelphia, PA          199        13.3
        24     Tulsa, OK                  48        12.7
        25     Jersey City, NJ            27        12.4
        26     Detroit, MI               130        12.4
        27     Fort Worth, TX            140        10.9
        28     Indianapolis, IN           74         9.1
        29     San Juan, PR               70         8.0
        30     Des Moines, IA             27         7.7
        31     Rochester, NY              18         7.4
        32     Boston, MA                 40         7.2
        33     Jacksonville, FL           50         7.1
        34     Minneapolis, MN            24         6.3
        35     Kansas City, MO            24         5.5
        36     New York City, NY         364         5.0
        37     Toledo, OH                 22         4.8
        38     San Francisco, CA          32         4.4
               
               YEAR 2000 OBJECTIVE*                  4.0
        
        39     San Antonio, TX            50         3.9
        40     Wichita, KS                16         3.8
        41     Tampa, FL                  33         3.7
        42     Los Angeles, CA           307         3.6
        43     Corpus Christi, TX          8         2.6
        44     Austin, TX                 17         2.6
        45     St Paul, MN                 7         2.5
        46     Miami, FL                  51         2.5
        47     St Petersburg, FL          20         2.3
        48     San Diego, CA              52         2.0
        49     Phoenix, AZ                43         1.8
        50     Omaha, NE                   7         1.6
        51     Oakland, CA                15         1.2
        52     Albuquerque, NM             6         1.1
        53     Yonkers, NY                 2         1.0
        54     Portland, OR                4         0.8
        55     Columbus, OH                7         0.7
        56     Buffalo, NY                 2         0.6
        57     Sacramento, CA              5         0.5
        58     Seattle, WA                 5         0.3
        59     Pittsburgh, PA              4         0.3
        60     El Paso, TX                 2         0.3
        61     San Jose, CA                3         0.2
        62     Akron, OH                   1         0.2
        63     Tucson, AZ                  1         0.1
        64     Honolulu, HI                0         0.0
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* Revised from 10.0 to 4.0.
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