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To: Texaspeptoman
"What are the demographics?"

Maternal syphilis rates increased across all racial and ethnic groups each year from 2016 to 2022. The largest increase, at 783%, occurred among American Indian and Alaska Native mothers. They also had the highest infection rate of 1,410.5 cases per 100,000 births in 2022.

The maternal syphilis rate among white non-Hispanic mothers rose 315% from 2016 to 2022, while Hispanic mothers experienced an increase of 243%. The rate among Black mothers increased by 149% during the same time frame, compared with a 92% increase among Asian mothers. Asian mothers had the lowest maternal syphilis rate of any racial or ethnic group in 2022, at 73.3 per 100,000.

10 posted on 02/14/2024 11:20:04 AM PST by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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To: heartwood

The increase rates are meaningless without knowing the baseline rates.


17 posted on 02/14/2024 2:33:09 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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