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, 1994
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                                                        Rate per
                                                        100,000
              Rank    City                    Cases    Population
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               1     St Louis, MO              651       165.6
               2     Memphis, TN               533        63.0
               3     Cincinnati, OH            473        54.0
               4     Norfolk, VA               122        47.5
               5     New Orleans, LA           203        41.1
               6     Charlotte, NC             214        39.8
               7     Birmingham, AL            260        39.6
               8     Atlanta, GA               261        39.1
               9     Cleveland, OH             411        29.0
              10     Milwaukee, WI             279        28.9
              11     Washington, DC            170        28.3
              12     Oklahoma City, OK         115        26.9
              13     Baltimore, MD             192        26.0
              14     Rochester, NY              59        24.4
              15     Louisville, KY            147        22.0
              16     Dayton, OH                127        21.9
              17     Chicago, IL               648        21.9
              18     Newark, NJ                 60        20.5
              19     Nashville, TN             100        19.2
              20     Richmond, VA               39        19.1
              21     Philadelphia, PA          298        18.9
              22     Denver, CO                 83        17.3
              23     Kansas City, MO            73        16.6
              24     Fort Worth, TX            190        15.4
              25     Jacksonville, FL          108        15.4
              26     Dallas, TX                292        15.2
              27     Houston, TX               443        15.0
              28     San Juan, PR              131        15.0
              29     Detroit, MI               153        14.2
              30     Des Moines, IA             37        11.0
                     
                     YEAR 2000 OBJECTIVE                  10.0
              
              31     Minneapolis, MN            38         9.9
              32     Austin, TX                 60         9.8
              33     Miami, FL                 175         8.7
              34     New York City, NY         629         8.5
              35     St Petersburg, FL          74         8.4
              36     Indianapolis, IN           62         7.6
              37     Toledo, OH                 35         7.5
              38     Corpus Christi, TX         20         6.7
              39     Jersey City, NJ            14         6.4
              40     San Francisco, CA          45         6.1
              41     San Antonio, TX            62         5.1
              42     Oakland, CA                51         4.2
              43     Boston, MA                 24         4.2
              44     Los Angeles, CA           346         4.0
              45     Portland, OR               18         3.8
              46     San Diego, CA              98         3.8
              47     Tampa, FL                  31         3.6
              48     Yonkers, NY                 5         2.6
              49     Albuquerque, NM            13         2.6
              50     St Paul, MN                 7         2.5
              51     Buffalo, NY                 8         2.4
              52     Wichita, KS                10         2.4
              53     Tulsa, OK                   9         2.4
              54     Tucson, AZ                 12         1.7
              55     Phoenix, AZ                28         1.3
              56     Omaha, NE                   5         1.2
              57     Sacramento, CA              9         0.8
              58     Columbus, OH                8         0.8
              59     El Paso, TX                 5         0.8
              60     Seattle, WA                11         0.7
              61     Pittsburgh, PA              9         0.7
              62     Honolulu, HI                4         0.5
              63     Akron, OH                   2         0.4
              64     San Jose, CA                4         0.3
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SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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