Table 1.

Demographics of All Persons with Single Episodes and Repeat Episodes of Syphilis

	All syphilis		Single episode		Repeaters		Repeat riska %
	N = 107,405	%b	N = 94,860	%b	N = 12,545	%b
Site
Florida	75,706	70.5	65,531	69.1	10,175	81.1	13.4
Louisiana	31,699	29.5	29,329	30.9	2370	18.9	7.5
Gender
Male	73,811	68.7	62,810	66.2	11,001	87.7	14.9
Female	33,594	31.3	32,050	33.8	1544	12.3	4.6
Race/ethnicity
White	23,479	21.9	20,139	21.2	3340	26.6	14.2
Black	49,519	46.1	45,088	47.5	4431	35.3	8.9
Hispanic	19,929	18.6	16,750	17.7	3179	25.4	16.0
Asian, Indian, PI	733	0.7	645	0.7	85	0.7	11.6
Other/unknown	13,745	12.8	12,235	12.9	1510	12.4	11.0
Age, yearsc
15–19	7013	6.5	6161	6.5	852	6.8	12.1
20–29	35,863	33.4	31,527	33.2	4336	34.6	12.1
30–39	27,794	25.9	24,307	25.6	3487	27.8	12.5
40–49	21,635	20.1	18,908	19.9	2727	21.7	12.6
50–70	15,100	14.1	13,597	14.7	1143	9.1	7.6
HIV status
Negative	82,507	76.8	76,877	81.0	5630	44.9	6.8
Positive	24,898	23.2	17,983	19.0	6915	55.1	27.8

^aRepeat risk is a row percent calculated: Repeaters#/All Syphilis# × 100. All other percents are for columns.

^bAll percent columns may not sum to 100 due to rounding.

^cAge for “All Syphilis” and “Single Episode” is age at first diagnosis on or after January 1, 2000. Age for “Repeaters” is age at time of the second diagnosis.

PI, Pacific Islander.