Volume 18, Number 2—February 2012
Letter
Geographic Distribution of Endemic Fungal Infections among Older Persons, United States
Table
Reported cases of fungal diseases in Arkansas, by year*
Disease | No. cases/no. cases in persons >65 y of age |
Incidence rate (95% CI)† |
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1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | Overall | Persons >65 y | ||
Blastomycosis, n = 166/43 | 20/5 | 15/3 | 20/9 | 15/3 | 19/6 | 17/4 | 16/6 | 13/3 | 15/1 | 16/3 | 4.3 (2.9–5.7) | 1.1 (0–2.3) | |
Coccidioidomycosis, n = 3/0 | 2/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.08 (0–0.4) | 0 | |
Histoplasmosis, n = 372/65 | 15/3 | 13/3 | 23/6 | 22/2 | 16/4 | 42/9 | 51/9 | 66/4 | 78/13 | 46/12 | 9.6 (0–20) | 1.7 (0–3.5) |
*Data from Arkansas Department of Health.
†No. cases/100,000 person-years, 1999–2008.