| NC RESIDENT PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SYPHILIS CASES AND RATES PER 100,000 POPULATION, 2001-2005 |
| RESIDENCE | TOTAL SYPHILLIS CASES |
RATE PER 100,000 | MINORITY SYPHILLIS CASES |
RATE PER 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH CAROLINA | 1,340 | 3.2 | 987 | 9.3 |
| ALAMANCE | 15 | 2.2 | 14 | 9.8 |
| ALEXANDER | 2 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 |
| ALLEGHANY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ANSON | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 1.6 |
| ASHE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AVERY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BEAUFORT | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 1.5 |
| BERTIE | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.6 |
| BLADEN | 3 | 1.8 | 3 | 4.5 |
| BRUNSWICK | 9 | 2.2 | 4 | 6.3 |
| BUNCOMBE | 6 | 0.6 | 1 | 1.0 |
| BURKE | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| CABARRUS | 10 | 1.4 | 4 | 3.9 |
| CALDWELL | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| CAMDEN | 1 | 2.5 | 1 | 14.8 |
| CARTERET | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 11.6 |
| CASWELL | 9 | 7.6 | 9 | 20.9 |
| CATAWBA | 3 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| CHATHAM | 6 | 2.2 | 2 | 4.2 |
| CHEROKEE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CHOWAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CLAY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CLEVELAND | 4 | 0.8 | 3 | 2.8 |
| COLUMBUS | 59 | 21.6 | 51 | 53.3 |
| CRAVEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CUMBERLAND | 57 | 3.7 | 41 | 6.4 |
| CURRITUCK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DARE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DAVIDSON | 8 | 1.1 | 4 | 4.8 |
| DAVIE | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| DUPLIN | 2 | 0.8 | 1 | 1.4 |
| DURHAM | 104 | 8.8 | 85 | 15.8 |
| EDGECOMBE | 4 | 1.5 | 4 | 2.5 |
| FORSYTH | 29 | 1.8 | 19 | 4.2 |
| FRANKLIN | 5 | 1.9 | 4 | 5.2 |
| GASTON | 7 | 0.7 | 4 | 2.6 |
| GATES | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GRAHAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GRANVILLE | 5 | 1.9 | 5 | 5.4 |
| GREENE | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 2.4 |
| GUILFORD | 219 | 10.1 | 189 | 25.3 |
| HALIFAX | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.6 |
| HARNETT | 3 | 0.6 | 2 | 1.6 |
| HAYWOOD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HENDERSON | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HERTFORD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HOKE | 8 | 4.3 | 4 | 4.3 |
| HYDE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IREDELL | 3 | 0.4 | 2 | 1.9 |
| JACKSON | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JOHNSTON | 13 | 1.9 | 9 | 7.9 |
| JONES | 2 | 3.9 | 2 | 10.8 |
| LEE | 5 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.8 |
| LENOIR | 11 | 3.7 | 10 | 8.1 |
| LINCOLN | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| MCDOWELL | 3 | 1.4 | 2 | 15.4 |
| MACON | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MADISON | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MARTIN | 2 | 1.6 | 1 | 1.7 |
| MECKLENBURG | 198 | 5.3 | 140 | 11.2 |
| MITCHELL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MONTGOMERY | 8 | 5.9 | 6 | 18.6 |
| MOORE | 25 | 6.4 | 17 | 25.9 |
| NASH | 17 | 3.8 | 15 | 9.1 |
| NEW HANOVER | 24 | 2.8 | 16 | 10.2 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 2 | 1.8 | 2 | 3.1 |
| ONSLOW | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.5 |
| ORANGE | 21 | 3.5 | 16 | 13.8 |
| PAMLICO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASQUOTANK | 3 | 1.6 | 2 | 2.5 |
| PENDER | 3 | 1.4 | 3 | 5.8 |
| PERQUIMANS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PERSON | 3 | 1.6 | 1 | 1.9 |
| PITT | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.4 |
| POLK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RANDOLPH | 16 | 2.4 | 4 | 8.1 |
| RICHMOND | 8 | 3.4 | 5 | 6.3 |
| ROBESON | 148 | 23.5 | 124 | 30.4 |
| ROCKINGHAM | 13 | 2.8 | 7 | 7.4 |
| ROWAN | 9 | 1.4 | 3 | 2.6 |
| RUTHERFORD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SAMPSON | 5 | 1.6 | 3 | 3.0 |
| SCOTLAND | 1 | 0.6 | 1 | 1.1 |
| STANLY | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 2.4 |
| STOKES | 3 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 |
| SURRY | 2 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 |
| SWAIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TRANSYLVANIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TYRRELL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UNION | 6 | 0.8 | 3 | 3.1 |
| VANCE | 20 | 9.1 | 15 | 13.6 |
| WAKE | 115 | 3.3 | 68 | 7.8 |
| WARREN | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 6.7 |
| WASHINGTON | 3 | 4.4 | 1 | 2.9 |
| WATAUGA | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| WAYNE | 9 | 1.6 | 8 | 3.9 |
| WILKES | 2 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 |
| WILSON | 32 | 8.4 | 30 | 19.3 |
| YADKIN | 2 | 1.1 | 1 | 13.2 |
| 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 |