Volume 21, Number 1—January 2015
Research
Rates and Risk Factors for Coccidioidomycosis among Prison Inmates, California, USA, 2011
Table 1
Coccidioidomycosis cases in prison X, prison Y, and prisons 1–6; in the communities surrounding the prisons X and Y and in Kern County, California; and in the state of California, USA, 2011
Location |
No. cases |
Mid-year population |
Cases/100,000 population |
Prison X | 317 | 4,572 | 6,934 |
Prison Y |
218 |
5,738 |
3,799 |
Prison 1 | 3 | 5,647 | 53 |
Prison 2 | 11 | 6,389 | 172 |
Prison 3 | 10 | 5,051 | 198 |
Prison 4 | 10 | 4,682 | 214 |
Prison 5 | 11 | 4,938 | 223 |
Prison 6 |
14 |
5,908 |
237 |
Communities | |||
City of prison X* | 172 | 12,821 | 1,342 |
City of prison Y† | 53 | 9,210 | 575 |
County of prison X | 376 | 934,875 | 40 |
County of prison Y† | 131 | 145,961 | 90 |
Kern County |
2,568 |
848,958 |
302 |
California*† | 4,607 | 37,559,818 | 12 |
*Prison X case and population counts were subtracted from these surrounding communities’ case and population counts.
†Prison Y case and population counts were subtracted from these surrounding communities’ case and population counts.