Table 1.
Demographic, Behavioral, and Clinical Risk Factors of Reported Interviewed Early Syphilis Cases—STD Surveillance Networka, October 2016—November 2017
| Characteristic | All Interviewed Cases (N = 9123) | Cases Self-reporting ≥ 1 Neurologic or Ocular Symptom (n = 151) |
|---|---|---|
| No. (Column %) | No. (Column %) | |
| Jurisdiction by geographic region | ||
| East | 7950 (87) | 59 (39) |
| Florida | 4405 (48) | 19 (13) |
| New York City | 2715 (30) | 23 (15) |
| Philadelphia | 830 (9) | 17 (11) |
| West | 1173 (13) | 92 (61) |
| Multnomah County, Oregon | 201 (2) | 24 (16) |
| Washington State | 972 (11) | 68 (45) |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 7798 (85) | 136 (90) |
| Female | 1031 (11) | 13 (9) |
| Transgender male to female | 38 (0.4) | 0 (0) |
| Transgender female to male | 3 (0.03) | 0 (0) |
| Transgender unspecified | 10 (0.1) | 0 (0) |
| Unknown | 243 (2.7) | 2 (1) |
| Age group, y | ||
| 18–24 | 3633 (40) | 43 (28) |
| 25–34 | 3519 (39) | 57 (38) |
| 35–44 | 1872 (21) | 51 (34) |
| ≥ 45 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Missing | 99 (1) | 0 (0) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| AIAN/Asian/NHOPI | 216 (2) | 2 (1) |
| Black | 2915 (32) | 26 (17) |
| White | 2643 (29) | 84 (56) |
| Multiple races | 373 (4) | 7 (5) |
| Hispanic | 2509 (28) | 27 (18) |
| Refused | 467 (5) | 5 (3) |
| Gender and gender of sex partners | ||
| Women | 1112 (12) | 12 (8) |
| Men who have sex with women only | 325 (4) | 7 (5) |
| Men who have sex with men | 7459 (82) | 129 (85) |
| Missing | 227 (2) | 3 (2) |
| HIV status | ||
| Negative (tested negative at syphilis diagnosis) | 1957 (21) | 50 (33) |
| Positive (known positive or tested positive at syphilis diagnosis) | 3901 (43) | 73 (48) |
| Unknown | 3265 (36) | 28 (19) |
| Syphilis stage | ||
| Primary | 1355 (15) | 9 (6) |
| Secondary | 3123 (34) | 74 (49) |
| Early latent | 4645 (51) | 68 (45) |
| Highest RPR titer recorded | ||
| 1:1–1:8 | 1575 (17) | 13 (9) |
| 1:16–1:64 | 4243 (47) | 53 (35) |
| 1:128–1:512 | 2805 (31) | 72 (48) |
| ≥ 1:1024 | 192 (2) | 8 (5) |
| Unknown | 308 (3) | 5 (3) |
Abbreviations: AIAN, American Indian/Alaska Native; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; NHOPI, Native Hawaiian, other Pacific Islander; RPR, rapid plasma reagin.
a
Five STD Surveillance Network jurisdictions participated in the enhanced surveillance project.