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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce congenital syphilis — STI‑04 Data

Status: Getting worse

  Getting worse
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Most Recent Data:
102.5 cases of congenital syphilis per 100,000 live births (2022)

Target:
33.9 per 100,000

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
50.2 cases of congenital syphilis per 100,000 live births were reported in 2019

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New cases of congenital syphilis, 2019-2022
(cases of congenital syphilis per 100,000 live births)
Decrease desired

Population 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total
50.2
59.8
78.5
102.5