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. 2017 Apr 7;66(13):349–354. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6613a1

TABLE 1. Rates and rate ratios for primary and secondary syphilis among men who have sex with men (MSM), among men who have sex with women only, and among women, by state and overall — United States, 2015*.

State MSM
Rate of primary and secondary syphilis per 100,000 population
Rate ratio§
Estimated no. in population % of all men MSM Men who have sex with women only Women MSM compared with men who have sex with women only MSM compared with women
Overall
3,921,515
3.8
309.0
2.9
1.8
106.0
167.5
Alabama
41,822
2.3
320.4
2.4
1.9
131.5
169.4
Alaska
5,469
1.9
73.1
1.1
0.4
67.8
189.5
Arizona
112,102
4.5
385.4
3.3
1.7
116.1
222.0
Arkansas
19,101
1.7
314.1
3.4
2.2
92.9
140.6
California
796,926
5.5
332.2
3.9
3.1
85.8
108.0
Colorado
74,742
3.6
248.9
1.2
0.2
205.5
1,023.7
Connecticut
43,542
3.2
112.5
0.7
1.0
162.7
117.6
Florida
351,797
4.6
370.1
4.5
2.4
82.7
152.3
Hawaii
15,707
2.8
388.4
1.1
0.2
342.1
2,140.3
Idaho
9,979
1.7
320.7
2.4
1.3
131.0
242.7
Illinois
199,075
4.1
311.9
2.5
1.5
124.6
203.8
Indiana
72,413
3.0
290.0
1.5
1.1
193.3
266.6
Iowa
20,924
1.8
219.8
1.0
0.4
226.7
531.7
Kansas
21,906
2.0
228.2
1.3
1.4
169.6
168.1
Kentucky
47,576
2.9
159.7
1.9
1.3
84.5
126.8
Louisiana
43,204
2.5
601.8
8.4
9.5
71.9
63.7
Maine
14,375
2.8
118.3
0.4
1.1
295.3
108.9
Maryland
83,668
3.8
325.1
4.5
2.4
72.0
137.9
Massachusetts
110,254
4.3
278.4
1.1
0.9
247.3
324.2
Michigan
116,354
3.1
233.8
1.4
0.8
163.8
280.2
Minnesota
82,510
4.0
147.9
3.8
1.7
39.2
87.0
Mississippi
20,184
1.9
658.9
4.1
2.6
161.0
251.3
Missouri
72,875
3.2
204.5
3.8
2.2
53.9
93.0
Montana
6,800
1.7
132.4
0.5
0.0
254.1

Nevada
51,990
4.8
398.2
4.9
1.8
81.3
216.6
New Hampshire
13,868
2.7
187.5
1.2
0.6
155.3
337.8
New Jersey
136,271
4.1
152.6
1.3
0.7
117.2
219.3
New Mexico
18,675
2.4
428.4
2.5
1.4
169.2
314.0
North Carolina
105,707
2.9
748.3
5.3
2.7
140.0
278.2
North Dakota
4,840
1.7
165.3
1.1
0.0
150.4

Ohio
146,033
3.4
214.3
2.9
1.4
73.3
157.5
Oklahoma
37,006
2.6
418.9
2.3
1.4
185.4
297.6
Oregon
60,932
4.0
313.5
2.8
2.2
111.9
142.1
Pennsylvania
162,848
3.3
256.1
1.6
0.8
159.3
310.5
Rhode Island
24,745
6.1
226.3
2.7
0.9
84.6
248.9
South Carolina
35,388
2.0
536.9
2.9
1.7
187.8
307.9
South Dakota
4,937
1.5
405.1
2.6
2.2
156.2
186.2
Tennessee
73,460
3.0
325.3
2.8
0.9
115.4
371.3
Texas
378,310
3.9
289.4
3.2
2.2
90.1
133.9
Utah
33,898
3.3
132.8
0.5
0.2
251.1
679.2
Vermont
7,142
2.9
126.0
0.0
0.0


Virginia
115,515
3.7
210.4
1.5
0.5
138.3
436.0
Washington
113,504
4.2
306.6
1.9
1.1
160.6
290.6
West Virginia 13,141 1.8 197.9 2.3 1.2 87.2 165.0

* Data based on 2015 cases reported to CDC by June 8, 2016.

To optimize stability of the estimates, the analysis was limited to the 44 states that included sex of sex partner in ≥70% of male primary and secondary syphilis case reports for 2015.

§ Rate ratios were calculated as 1) the rate of primary and secondary syphilis among MSM divided by the rate among men who have sex with women only and 2) the rate among MSM divided by the rate among women. In this report “women” is used to describe both females aged ≥18 years (used for calculating rates for women), and females of unknown ages (used for calculating rates for men who had sex with women only). Rate ratios were rounded to tenths.

Montana, North Dakota, and Vermont had no cases of primary and secondary syphilis reported among women for 2015, resulting in an undefined rate ratio comparing MSM with women. Vermont had no cases of primary and secondary syphilis reported among men who had sex with women only in 2015, resulting in an undefined rate ratio comparing MSM with men who have sex with women only..