TY - JOUR AU - Sorvillo, Frank J. AU - Portigal, Lawrence AU - DeGiorgio, Christopher. AU - Smith, Lisa AU - Waterman, Stephen H. AU - Berlin, George W. AU - Ash, Lawrence R. T1 - Cysticercosis-related Deaths, California T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2004 VL - 10 IS - 3 SP - 465 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Cysticercosis is an increasingly important disease in the United States, but information on the occurrence of related deaths is limited. We examined data from California death certificates for the 12-year period 1989–2000. A total of 124 cysticercosis deaths were identified, representing a crude 12-year death rate of 3.9 per million population (95% confidence interval [CI] 3.2 to 4.6). Eighty-two (66%) of the case-patients were male; 42 (34%) were female. The median age at death was 34.5 years (range 7–81 years). Most patients (107, 86.3%) were foreign-born, and 90 (72.6%) had emigrated from Mexico. Seventeen (13.7%) deaths occurred in U.S.-born residents. Cysticercosis death rates were higher in Latino residents of California (13.0/106) than in other racial/ethnic groups (0.4/106), in males (5.2/106) than in females (2.7/106), and in persons >14 years of age (5.0/106). Cysticercosis is a preventable cause of premature death, particularly among young Latino persons in California and may be a more common cause of death in the United States than previously recognized. KW - cysticercosis KW - mortality KW - epidemiology KW - population surveillance KW - public health KW - California KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1003.020749 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/3/02-0749_article ER - End of Reference