Early Syphilis (Primary, Secondary, & Early Latent)

Healthy People Year 2010 Objective 25-3:
Eliminate sustained domestic transmission of primary and secondary syphilis.
Target: 0.2 cases per 100,000 population.
Baseline: 3.2 cases of primary and secondary syphilis per 100,000 population occurred in 1997.

Target setting method: Better than the best and consistent with the National Plan to Eliminate Syphilis from the United States, CDC, 1999.
Data source: STD Surveillance System, CDC, NCHSTP.

These are tables below containing Early Syphilis Surveillance Data from 1995 - 2000. If you want more specific data send your requests to: Wendy Malone

Disease Category by Year of Diagnosis

	Primary	Secondary	Early Latent	Total
1995	2	4	4	10
1996	0	2	1	3
1997	0	0	1	1
1998	0	2	0	2
1999	1	5	3	9
2000	1	2	4	7

Gender by Year of Diagnosis

	Male	Female	Unknown	Total
1995	5	5	0	10
1996	2	1	0	3
1997	0	0	1	1
1998	1	2	0	2
1999	4	5	0	9
2000	5	2	0	7

County Region of Residence by Year of Diagnosis

	East	Central	West	Total
1995	1	0	9	10
1996	0	0	3	3
1997	0	0	0	1
1998	2	0	0	2
1999	5	0	4	9
2000	3	1	3	7

Age Groups by Year of Diagnosis

	0-9	10-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60+	Total
1995	0	0	2	6	0	2	0	10
1996	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
1997	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
1998	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2
1999	0	2	5	1	1	0	0	9
2000	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	7

Content provided by Epidemiology, Surveillance & Health Data (ESHD) of Contra Costa Public Health Division.