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The table below is from Sexually Transmitted Infections Surveillance, 2023.
2019-2023
| Disease | Sex* |
Cases
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Percent Change
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 5 Year | 1 Year | ||
| Total Syphilis† | Total | 129,827 | 133,960 | 176,739 | 207,269 | 209,253 | 61.2 | 1.0 |
| Congenital Syphilis‡ | Total | 1,884 | 2,163 | 2,881 | 3,769 | 3,882 | 106.1 | 3.0 |
| Primary and Secondary Syphilis | Men | 32,402 | 33,646 | 41,349 | 44,309 | 39,188 | 20.9 | -11.6 |
| Women | 6,493 | 7,901 | 12,265 | 14,652 | 13,763 | 112.0 | -6.1 | |
| Total | 38,992 | 41,655 | 53,767 | 59,016 | 53,007 | 35.9 | -10.2 | |
| Early Non-Primary Non-Secondary Syphilis | Men | 34,427 | 35,165 | 40,979 | 44,143 | 40,486 | 17.6 | -8.3 |
| Women | 7,081 | 7,809 | 10,668 | 12,674 | 13,036 | 84.1 | 2.9 | |
| Total | 41,655 | 43,145 | 51,830 | 56,913 | 53,573 | 28.6 | -5.9 | |
| Unknown Duration or Late Syphilis | Men | 32,411 | 31,868 | 44,548 | 55,094 | 60,718 | 87.3 | 10.2 |
| Women | 14,598 | 14,959 | 23,474 | 32,347 | 37,996 | 160.3 | 17.5 | |
| Total | 47,296 | 46,997 | 68,261 | 87,571 | 98,791 | 108.9 | 12.8 | |
| Gonorrhea | Men | 361,586 | 385,551 | 410,388 | 390,548 | 378,428 | 4.7 | -3.1 |
| Women | 253,359 | 290,666 | 298,015 | 255,566 | 221,176 | -12.7 | -13.5 | |
| Total | 616,392 | 677,769 | 710,151 | 648,056 | 601,319 | -2.4 | -7.2 | |
| Chlamydia | Men | 644,337 | 548,676 | 587,473 | 601,205 | 610,445 | -5.3 | 1.5 |
| Women | 1,160,470 | 1,027,061 | 1,053,246 | 1,043,573 | 1,033,036 | -11.0 | -1.0 | |
| Total | 1,808,703 | 1,579,885 | 1,644,416 | 1,649,716 | 1,648,568 | -8.9 | -0.1 | |
| Combined Total of Total Syphilis, Gonorrhea, and Chlamydia | Total | 2,554,922 | 2,391,614 | 2,531,306 | 2,505,041 | 2,459,140 | -3.7 | -1.8 |
| Disease | Sex* |
Rates per 100,000 Population
|
Percent Change
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 5 Year | 1 Year | ||
| Total Syphilis† | Total | 39.6 | 40.4 | 53.3 | 62.2 | 62.5 | 57.8 | 0.5 |
| Congenital Syphilis‡ | Total | 50.3 | 59.9 | 78.6 | 102.8 | 105.8 | 110.3 | 2.9 |
| Primary and Secondary Syphilis | Men | 20.0 | 20.5 | 25.2 | 26.8 | 23.6 | 18.0 | -11.9 |
| Women | 3.9 | 4.7 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 107.7 | -6.9 | |
| Total | 11.9 | 12.6 | 16.2 | 17.7 | 15.8 | 32.8 | -10.7 | |
| Early Non-Primary Non-Secondary Syphilis | Men | 21.3 | 21.4 | 24.9 | 26.7 | 24.4 | 14.6 | -8.6 |
| Women | 4.3 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 79.1 | 2.7 | |
| Total | 12.7 | 13.0 | 15.6 | 17.1 | 16.0 | 26.0 | -6.4 | |
| Unknown Duration or Late Syphilis | Men | 20.0 | 19.4 | 27.1 | 33.3 | 36.6 | 83.0 | 9.9 |
| Women | 8.8 | 8.9 | 14.0 | 19.3 | 22.5 | 155.7 | 16.6 | |
| Total | 14.4 | 14.2 | 20.6 | 26.3 | 29.5 | 104.9 | 12.2 | |
| Gonorrhea | Men | 223.7 | 234.8 | 249.7 | 236.3 | 228.3 | 2.1 | -3.4 |
| Women | 152.1 | 173.8 | 177.9 | 152.1 | 130.7 | -14.1 | -14.1 | |
| Total | 187.8 | 204.5 | 214.0 | 194.4 | 179.5 | -4.4 | -7.7 | |
| Chlamydia | Men | 398.6 | 334.2 | 357.4 | 363.7 | 368.3 | -7.6 | 1.3 |
| Women | 696.6 | 614.1 | 628.8 | 621.2 | 610.7 | -12.3 | -1.7 | |
| Total | 551.0 | 476.7 | 495.5 | 495.0 | 492.2 | -10.7 | -0.6 | |
| Combined Total of Total Syphilis, Gonorrhea, and Chlamydia | Total | 778.4 | 721.6 | 762.7 | 751.6 | 734.3 | -5.7 | -2.3 |
| * Total includes cases reported with unknown sex.
† Total includes cases of syphilis (all stages) and congenital syphilis. ‡ Sex of infant is not reported. Rates are per 100,000 live births. NOTE: Cases and rates shown in this table include District of Columbia but exclude US territories. See Technical Notes for more information. This report includes data from years that coincide with the COVID-19 pandemic, which introduced uncertainty and difficulty in interpreting case data. See Impact of COVID-19 on STIs for more information. |
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