Red > 3.2 Green <= 1.6 In-between = Yellow Unit: cases/100,000 population
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Syphilis Incidence Rate
| Value: |
13.1 cases/100,000 population |
Measurement
Period: |
2011 |
| Location: |
County : Miami-Dade |
| Comparison: |
FL Counties |
| Categories: |
Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases
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What is this Indicator?
This indicator shows the infectious syphilis (primary and secondary) incidence rate in cases per 100,000 population. |
| Why this is important: Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by a bacterium called Treponema pallidum. Syphilis can also be passed from mother to infant during pregnancy causing a disease called congenital syphilis.
In 2008, 13,500 cases of primary and secondary syphilis were reported in the United States, a 17.7 percent increase from 2007. The rate of primary & secondary syphilis in the United States was 18.4% higher in 2008 than in 2007. Primary and secondary syphilis rates have been increasing each year since 2000. In 2008, 63% of the reported primary and secondary syphilis cases in the U.S. were among men who have sex with men, but syphilis among heterosexuals is an emerging problem. |
| Technical Note: The distribution is based on data from 67 Florida counties. |
| Source: Florida Department of Health, Bureau of STD Prevention & Control |
| URL of Source: http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Disease_ctrl/std/index.html |
| URL of Data: http://www.floridacharts.com/charts/OtherIndicators/NonVi... |
| Maintained By: Healthy Communities Institute |
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Time Series Data
cases/100,000 population
| 2011 | Rates calculated prior to 2011 do not reflect the population revisions made by the Florida Department of Health. The population data for 2001-2010, along with rates affected by the population data, were revised in August 2012. |
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