Report of Civilian Cases of Primary and Secondary Syphilis and Gonorrhea by Reporting Source, Sex, Race/Ethnicity and Age Group (Form CDC-9.2638)
Record Type
DataSet
Source
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Source URL
Description
These cases are reported annually to the Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Prevention by the STD control programs and health departments.
MEDLINE Search Strategy
Geographic Region
50 States, District of Columbia, 6 major cities (Baltimore, Chicago, New York City, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco), and U.S. dependencies and possessions
Interval
Started in 1981, this periodic (annual) data collection is active.
Purpose
The database derived from the Report of Civilian Cases of Primary and Secondary Syphilis and Gonorrhea (Form CDC9.2638) provides aggregate data on cases of gonorrhea and primary and secondary syphilis by sex, race/ethnicity, age group, and source (public, private).
Restrictions
Because of limitations and problems with missing race/ethnicity data by State and year, misleading results could be generated if a data set were provided. Tabulations by race/ethnicity are published in the annual STD Surveillance Report produced by the Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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1352
Date Revised
May 24, 2018, 12:04 p.m.