Table_37

Table 37.  Congenital Syphilis - Reported Cases and rates in infants <1 
           year of age: United States (exculding outlying areas), 1963-1996
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                           Rate per 100,000
      Year        Cases      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       3,851          94.7
      1993       3,237          80.9
      1994       2,204          55.8
      1995       1,851          47.4
      1996       1,181          30.4
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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 case reporting
form CDC 73.126.
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