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Julia Naue/picture alliance via Getty Images(JACKSON, Miss.) The number of babies born with syphilis in Mississippi has risen 10-fold over the last several years, according to a new report.
Between 2016 and 2022, congenital syphilis cases rose from 10 to 110, marking a 1,000% increase, according to a report from the John D. Bower School of Population Health at University of Mississippi Medical Center.
For the report, researchers looked at hospital discharge data from the Mississippi State Department of Health and the Mississippi Hospital Association.
During the study period, 367 infants were hospitalized in Mississippi due to a diagnosis of congenital syphilis. The majority were identified at delivery while a few were admitted to the hospital post-delivery.
In addition to the number of cases rising, the hospitalization rate also increased from 2.0 per 100,000 in 2016 to 24.8 per 100,000, according to the report.
The report found a wide discrepancy when it came to breakdown by r
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Julia Naue/picture alliance via Getty Images(JACKSON, Miss.) The number of babies born with syphilis in Mississippi has risen 10-fold over the last several years, according to a new report.
Between 2016 and 2022, congenital syphilis cases rose from 10 to 110, marking a 1,000% increase, according to a report from the John D. Bower School of Population Health at University of Mississippi Medical Center.
For the report, researchers looked at hospital discharge data from the Mississippi State Department of Health and the Mississippi Hospital Association.
During the study period, 367 infants were hospitalized in Mississippi due to a diagnosis of congenital syphilis. The majority were identified at delivery while a few were admitted to the hospital post-delivery.
In addition to the number of cases rising, the hospitalization rate also increased from 2.0 per 100,000 in 2016 to 24.8 per 100,000, according to the report.
The report found a wide discrepancy when it came to breakdown by r