Local Profiles
Syphilis disproportionately affects a small percentage of the population and research shows that these are often isolated groups involved in high-risk activities such as illicit drug use, exchanging sex for money or drugs, unprotected sexual intercourse and having multiple sex partners. Some areas have historically been worse affected than others. Today, syphilis remains a highly concentrated infection especially in the South and, increasingly, in urban areas of the country that have large populations of men who have sex with men.
These local profiles present more detailed epidemiological information on areas which were worse affected by syphilis at the start of the syphilis elimination effort.
2004 – Alphabetically, by City/County
- Baltimore (City), MD
- Bexar County, TX
- Broward County, FL
- Cook County, IL
- Dade County, FL
- Dallas County, TX
- De Kalb County, GA
- East Baton Rouge County, LA
- Franklin County, OH
- Fulton County, GA
- Harris County, TX
- King County, WA
- Kings County, NY
- Los Angeles County, CA
- Maricopa County, AZ
- New York County, NY
- Queens County, NY
- San Diego County, CA
- San Francisco County, CA
- Wayne County, MI
2003 – Alphabetically, by City and County
- Baltimore City, Maryland
- Broward County, Florida
- Cook County (Chicago), Illinois
- Dade County, Florida
- Dallas County, Texas
- DeKalb County, Georgia
- Essex County, New Jersey
- Franklin County (Columbus), Ohio
- Fulton County (Atlanta), Georgia
- Harris County (Houston), Texas
- Kings County, New York
- Los Angeles County, California
- Maricopa County (Phoenix), Arizona
- New York County, New York
- Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
- San Diego County, California
- San Francisco County, California
- Shelby County, Tennessee
- Wayne County, Michigan