Maternal syphilis rates increased each year of the study period, ranging from a 15% rise from 2017 to 2018 to a 32% rise from 2021 to 2022.
Syphilis rates increased for mothers of all maternal age groups throughout the study period.
Maternal syphilis rates increased across all racial and ethnic groups each year from 2016 to 2022.
The maternal syphilis rate among white non-Hispanic mothers rose 315% from 2016 to 2022, while Hispanic mothers experienced an increase of 243%.
Asian mothers had the lowest maternal syphilis rate of any racial or ethnic group in 2022, at 73.3 per 100,000.
Persons:
Alaska –, Joe Biden, Debra Houry
Organizations:
Centers for Disease Control, Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, D.C, South Dakota ., ”
Locations:
U.S, Washington, Maine, South Dakota, New Mexico , Colorado , Mississippi, South Dakota , Montana, Alaska, Louisiana , New Jersey , New York , Ohio, Virginia , Idaho, Utah, Maine , Vermont, Wyoming