Prevalence and Incidence of Syphilis

Syphilis: Rare Disease

Syphilis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Syphilis, or a subtype of Syphilis, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.

Incidence (annual) of Syphilis:

70,000 cases (NIAID; CDC 2001) ... see also overview of Syphilis.

Incidence Rate:

approx 1 in 3,885 or 0.03% or 70,000 people in USA [Source statistic for calcuation: "70,000 cases (NIAID; CDC 2001)" -- see also general information about data sources]

Incidence extrapolations for USA for Syphilis:

70,000 per year, 5,833 per month, 1,346 per week, 191 per day, 7 per hour, 0 per minute, 0 per second. [Source statistic for calculation: "70,000 cases (NIAID; CDC 2001)" -- see also general information about data sources]

Incidence of types of Syphilis:

For details see incidence of types of Syphilis analysis; summary of available incidence by type data:

• Congenital syphilis: 556 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
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Incidence of Syphilis:

An estimated 70,000 sexually transmitted infections with Treponema pallidum, the cause of syphilis, occur each year in the United States. (Source: excerpt from Sexually Transmitted Diseases Statistics, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID) ... In 1997, 8,550 cases of primary and secondary syphilis in the United States were reported to the CDC, a case rate of 3.2/100,000. (Source: excerpt from Sexually Transmitted Diseases Statistics, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID) ... The incidence of syphilis has increased and decreased dramatically in recent years, with more than 11,000 cases reported in 1996. (Source: excerpt from Sexually Transmitted Diseases, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)

Worldwide incidence of Syphilis:

12 million worldwide cases

Incidence statistics for Syphilis:

The following statistics relate to the incidence of Syphilis:

• 70,000 new cases annually in America (Tracking The Hidden Epidemics, CDC, 2002)
• 37,977 cases annually in the USA (1998)
• 31,575 new cases of syphilis occurred annually in the US 2000 (Health, United States: 2002, NCHS, CDC)
• 35,628 annual cases including 6,657 primary/secondary cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
• 0.29 per 100,000 in Canada 2000¹
• Estimated 70,000 new cases each year in the USA 2002 (Trends in STD’s in the US, CDC, 2002)
• 2.2 cases per 100,000 people in America 2000 (NCHS, 2003)
• 613 new cases of syphilis in England and Wales 2001(PHLS, London, 2002)
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Death statistics for Syphilis:

The following statistics relate to deaths and Syphilis:

• Syphilis death statistics for various regions worldwide:
  • About 89,000 deaths from syphilis in Africa 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004)
  • About 1,000 deaths from syphilis in The Americas 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004)
  • About 43,000 deaths from syphilis in South East Asia 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004)
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