Volume 13, Number 7—July 2007
Dispatch
Estimating Severe Coccidioidomycosis in California
Table 1
Hospitalizations for coccidioidomycosis, California, 1997–2002
Category | Total hospitalizations | Total person-years (x 106) | Frequency of hospitalization* | Frequency of hospitalization for coccidioidal meningitis* |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 7,457 | 203.0 | 3.67 | 0.657 |
Year | ||||
1997 | 1,269 | 32.5 | 3.90 | 0.706 |
1998 | 1,144 | 32.9 | 3.50 | 0.706 |
1999 | 1,167 | 33.4 | 3.5 | 0.61 |
2000 | 1,100 | 34.0 | 3.23 | 0.62 |
2001 | 1,291 | 34.7 | 3.7 | 0.58 |
2002 | 1,486 | 35.3 | 4.2 | 0.71 |
Highest incidence counties | ||||
Kern | 1,700 | 3.97 | 42.8 | |
Tulare | 479 | 2.21 | 21.7 | |
Kings | 133 | 0.77 | 17.4 | |
San Luis Obispo | 170 | 1.48 | 11.5 |
*Per 100,000 residents per year.