Congenital syphilis epidemiology and demographics

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Epidemiology and Demographics

Incidence

• It is estimated that every year 2 million pregnant women are infected with syphilis every year.
• In 2005, WHO reported that 460,000 abortions or still birth and 270,000 cases of congenital syphilis every year can be attributed to maternal syphilis.
• The incidence of congenital syphilis in United States in the year 2014 is 11.6 cases per 100,000 live births. The incidence of congenital syphilis has increased when compared to the numbers from 2008 to 2012 and the change is attributed to the increase in the number of women with primary and secondary syphilis.

Race

• Congenital syphilis is ten times more prevalent in African American population compared to whites and three times more common in blacks compared to Hispanics.