NC RESIDENT PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SYPHILIS CASES AND RATES PER 100,000, 1999-2003

RESIDENCE TOTAL SYPHILLIS
CASES
RATE PER 100,000 MINORITY SYPHILLIS
CASES
RATE PER 100,000
NORTH CAROLINA 1,822 4.4 1,437 13.8
ALAMANCE 34 5.1 30 21.3
ALEXANDER 0 0 0 0
ALLEGHANY 0 0 0 0
ANSON 4 3.2 3 4.7
ASHE 0 0 0 0
AVERY 0 0 0 0
BEAUFORT 2 0.9 2 3.0
BERTIE 1 1.0 1 1.6
BLADEN 6 3.7 4 6.0
BRUNSWICK 31 8.1 21 34.4
BUNCOMBE 3 0.3 2 2.0
BURKE 2 0.4 1 1.9
CABARRUS 4 0.6 3 3.1
CALDWELL 4 1.0 0 0
CAMDEN 1 2.8 1 15.2
CARTERET 3 1.0 2 7.6
CASWELL 20 16.9 19 43.2
CATAWBA 9 1.2 5 5.4
CHATHAM 18 7.0 8 16.8
CHEROKEE 0 0 0 0
CHOWAN 0 0 0 0
CLAY 0 0 0 0
CLEVELAND 2 0.4 2 1.8
COLUMBUS 64 23.4 53 55.2
CRAVEN 4 0.9 3 2.3
CUMBERLAND 83 5.5 56 8.8
CURRITUCK 0 0 0 0
DARE 0 0 0 0
DAVIDSON 9 1.2 4 4.8
DAVIE 1 0.6 1 7.1
DUPLIN 1 0.4 1 1.3
DURHAM 106 9.3 94 18.1
EDGECOMBE 5 1.8 4 2.5
FORSYTH 85 5.5 60 13.6
FRANKLIN 3 1.2 3 3.9
GASTON 23 2.4 14 9.1
GATES 2 3.8 2 9.4
GRAHAM 0 0 0 0
GRANVILLE 18 7.2 17 18.6
GREENE 4 4.2 4 9.8
GUILFORD 271 12.8 236 32.6
HALIFAX 3 1.0 3 1.8
HARNETT 8 1.7 5 4.2
HAYWOOD 0 0 0 0
HENDERSON 0 0 0 0
HERTFORD 0 0 0 0
HOKE 9 5.1 4 4.4
HYDE 0 0 0 0
IREDELL 4 0.6 4 3.9
JACKSON 0 0 0 0
JOHNSTON 19 3.0 11 10.1
JONES 1 1.9 1 5.3
LEE 6 2.4 2 3.6
LENOIR 6 2.0 6 4.8
LINCOLN 1 0.3 1 4.0
MCDOWELL 2 0.9 1 7.6
MACON 0 0 0 0
MADISON 0 0 0 0
MARTIN 2 1.6 2 3.4
MECKLENBURG 173 4.8 154 13.0
MITCHELL 0 0 0 0
MONTGOMERY 46 34.0 30 90.0
MOORE 41 10.8 28 42.5
NASH 26 5.9 21 13.1
NEW HANOVER 62 7.6 52 33.6
NORTHAMPTON 2 1.8 2 3.0
ONSLOW 5 0.7 4 2.2
ORANGE 30 5.0 23 19.7
PAMLICO 1 1.5 1 6.0
PASQUOTANK 3 1.7 2 2.6
PENDER 3 1.4 3 5.8
PERQUIMANS 0 0 0 0
PERSON 2 1.1 0 0
PITT 15 2.2 15 6.1
POLK 0 0 0 0
RANDOLPH 27 4.1 12 24.0
RICHMOND 19 8.2 12 15.1
ROBESON 223 35.9 179 44.3
ROCKINGHAM 26 5.6 20 20.9
ROWAN 8 1.2 4 3.4
RUTHERFORD 0 0 0 0
SAMPSON 4 1.3 2 2.0
SCOTLAND 3 1.7 2 2.3
STANLY 8 2.7 6 14.3
STOKES 3 1.3 0 0
SURRY 1 0.3 0 0
SWAIN 0 0 0 0
TRANSYLVANIA 0 0 0 0
TYRRELL 0 0 0 0
UNION 6 0.9 5 5.4
VANCE 26 11.9 21 19.3
WAKE 126 3.8 104 12.7
WARREN 2 2.0 2 3.3
WASHINGTON 6 8.8 4 11.7
WATAUGA 0 0 0 0
WAYNE 12 2.1 9 4.4
WILKES 1 0.3 0 0
WILSON 27 7.2 24 15.7
YADKIN 1 0.5 0 0
YANCEY 0 0 0 0

PREPARED BY NC-DHHS STATE CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (www.schs.state.nc.us/SCHS/)
NOTE: RATES BASED ON SMALL NUMBERS (FEWER THAN 20 CASES)
ARE UNSTABLE AND SHOULD BE INTERPRETED WITH CAUTION