Volume 18, Number 9—September 2012
Dispatch
Hospitalizations Associated with Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis, Arizona and California, USA
Amy E. Seitz
, D. Rebecca Prevots, and Steven M. Holland
, D. Rebecca Prevots, and Steven M. Holland
Table
Characteristics of patients hospitalized for all causes and for disseminated coccidioidomycosis, by patient race/ethnicity and age, Arizona and California, USA*
| Characteristic |
Arizona hospitalizations
|
California hospitalizations
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disseminated coccidioidomycosis | All causes | Disseminated coccidioidomycosis | All causes | ||
| Total, no. patients | 2,770 | 6,180,404 | 1,949 | 19,979,016 | |
| Race/ethnicity, no. (%) patients | |||||
|
White |
1,316 (47.5) | 4,207,269 (68.1) | 451 (23.1) | 10,541,469 (52.8) | |
|
Black |
771 (27.8) | 219,265 (3.5) | 561 (28.8) | 1,520,896 (7.6) | |
|
Hispanic |
360 (13.0) | 1,240,707 (20.1) | 587 (30.1) | 4,957,476 (24.8) | |
|
Asian/Pacific Islander |
80 (2.9) | 76,345 (1.2) | 125 (6.4) | 1,269,150 (6.4) | |
|
Native American |
102 (3.7) | 197,181 (3.2) | NR | 13,819 (0.07) | |
|
Other |
65 (2.3) | 98,975 (1.6) | 18 (0.9) | 342,786 (1.7) | |
|
Information missing |
76 (2.7) | 140,662 (2.3) | NR | 1,333,420 (6.7) | |
| Median patient age, y | |||||
|
Overall† |
47 | 54 | 43 | 54 | |
|
White |
56 | 60 | 51 | 62 | |
|
Black |
37 | 43 | 40 | 51 | |
|
Hispanic |
41 | 33 | 41 | 35 | |
|
Asian |
39 | 39 | 50 | 57 | |
|
Native American |
46 | 39 | NR | 47 | |
*Boldface indicates a significant difference (p<0.05) compared with all-cause hospitalizations. NR, information not reported because cell size is <10 or to prevent calculation of a cell size <10.
†Excludes hospitalized patients with missing race/ethnic information.
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