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Volume 22, Number 10—October 2016
Dispatch

Effect of Geography on the Analysis of Coccidioidomycosis-Associated Deaths, United States

Jason A. Noble, Robert G. Nelson, Gudeta D. Fufaa, Paul Kang, Shira Chani Shafir, and John N. GalgianiComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, USA (J.A. Noble, P. Kang); National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (R.G. Nelson, G.D. Fufaa); University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA (S.C. Shafir); University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona, USA (J.N. Galgiani)

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Table

Differences in coccidioidomycosis-associated deaths, by geography, sex, and race/ethnicity, Arizona, California, and United States overall, 1990–2008

Characteristic US mortality rate* Incidence rate ratio† (95% CI)
 Relative risk‡ (95% CI)
United States Arizona California United States Arizona California
Sex
F 0.31 Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent
M
 0.93
 3.03
(2.80–3.27)
 2.24
(1.95–2.54)
 3.49
(2.68–3.69)
2.32
(1.97–2.73)
 1.76
(1.38–2.26)
 2.79
(2.10–3.71)
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white 0.40 Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent
Hispanic 1.82 4.45
(4.06–4.88) 1.36
(1.13–1.64) 2.48
(2.09–2.96) 6.74
(5.59–8.14) 2.10
(1.53–2.88) 5.21
(3.87–6.99)
African American 0.69 1.70
(1.52–1.91) 3.41
(2.65–4.38) 5.15
(4.27–6.22) 1.38
(1.16–1.60) 3.42
(2.55–4.60) 3.50
(2.84–4.31)
Asian 1.25 2.84
(2.42–3.35) 2.19
(1.38–3.49) 1.88
(1.51–2.37) 5.48
(4.32–6.79) 5.51
(2.82–10.7) 2.70
(2.01–3.61)
Native American 2.67 6.52
(5.14–8.30) 2.50
(1.91–3.28) 1.39
(0.58–3.38) 8.15
(6.09–10.9) 2.18
(1.52–3.12) 3.01
(1.31–6.89)

*Per 1 million person-years.
†Univariate analysis (sex or race/ethnicity).
‡Multivariate analysis (sex and race/ethnicity).

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