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Objective To explore the syphilis epidemiological characteristics of blood recipients in Xinyang ,reduce medical dis‐putes and prevent hospital infection .Methods The gender ,age ,occupation ,education and other data of 16 429 blood recipients in our hospital were collected .Then we performed statistical analysis on the test results of syphilis antibodies to all kinds of people . Results Out of 16 429 samples ,137 cases were detected positive ,the prevalence was 0 .83% .Among them ,there were 70 males ,ac‐counting for 0 .74% male patients ,67 females ,accounting for 0 .96% female patients ,and there was no significant difference be‐tween the male and female patients(P>0 .05) .Syphilis infection in different age groups had significant difference(P<0 .05) .Mean‐while ,linear trend test suggested that syphilis infection rate increased with age(P<0 .01) .Different cultural level also had different infection rate of syphilis ,the higher cultural level ,the lower infection rate .Among non‐employed persons and farmers the prevalence of syphilis was highest .In contrast ,the prevalence was lowest among students .Conclusion Syphilis infection rates were not the same among different kinds of people ,and the syphilis test should be strengthened to blood recipients .