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Sustained Domestic Transmission of Primary and Secondary Syphilis Incidence by Race/Ethnicity, New Jersey, 2010 to 2020
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Why Is This Important?
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that can have very serious complications when left untreated, but it is simple to cure with the right treatment.
Definition
Rate of newly reported cases of primary and secondary syphilis by date of diagnosis per 100,000 population
Data Notes
This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) objective STD-4. Data for White, Black, and Asian do not include Hispanics. Hispanic ethnicity includes persons of any race.Data Sources
- Communicable Disease Reporting and Surveillance System (CRDSS); Sexually Transmitted Disease Program; Division of HIV/AIDS, STD and TB Services; New Jersey Department of Health
(http://www.nj.gov/health/hivstdtb/stds/) - Population Estimates, State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
(https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/demographics/population-household-estimates/)
How the Measure is Calculated
Numerator:
Number of newly reported cases of primary and secondary syphilis by date of diagnosisDenominator:
Estimated number of persons in the population
Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2030
Healthy People 2030 Objective STI-03
U.S. Target: Reduce the syphilis rate among females aged 15-44 years to 4.6 cases of primary and secondary syphilis per 100,000 population by 2030
https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/sexually-transmitted-infections/reduce-syphilis-rate-females-sti-03
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective STD-7.1
U.S. Target: Reduce sustained domestic transmission of primary and secondary syphilis among females to 1.3 new cases per 100,000 population by 2020
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/sexually-transmitted-diseasesHealthy People 2020 Objective STD-7.2
U.S. Target: Reduce sustained domestic transmission of primary and secondary syphilis among males to 6.7 new cases per 100,000 population by 2020
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/sexually-transmitted-diseases
Health Initiative: HNJ2020
Healthy NJ 2020 Objective STD-4
NJ Target: Reduce sustained domestic transmission of primary and secondary syphilis to 2.5 per 100,000 population for the total population, 0.4 for Asians, 7.0 for Blacks, 5.0 for Hispanics, and 1.2 for Whites by 2020
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/std.shtml