Volume 32, Number 6—June 2026
Dispatch
Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis and Coccidioidal Meningitis Hospitalization, Texas, USA, 2016–20231
Table
Geographic distribution of disseminated coccidiomycosis and coccidioidal meningitis associated hospitalizations in Texas, 2016–2023
| Public health region* | No. hospitalizations in the region/population in the region† | Crude hospitalization rate per 100,000 population (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|
| Odessa-San Angelo (9) | 93/612,773 | 15.18 (12.25–18.59) |
| El Paso (10) | 62/888,720 | 6.98 (5.35–8.94) |
| Corpus Christi-Laredo (11) | 75/2,246,397 | 3.34 (2.63–4.19) |
| San Antonio (8) | 63/3,026,095 | 2.08 (1.60–2.66) |
| Amarillo–Lubbock (1) | 18/900,807 | 2.00 (1.18–3.16) |
| Tyler (4) | 16/1,149,993 | 1.39 (0.80–2.26) |
| Austin-Temple (7) | 46/3,661,292 | 1.26 (0.92–1.68) |
| Dallas-Fort Worth (3) | 88/8,044,641 | 1.09 (0.88–1.35) |
| Houston (6) | 67/7,297,022 | 0.92 (0.71–1.17) |
| Abilene-Wichita Falls (2) | 5/549,130 | 0.91 (0.30–2.12) |
| Beaumont (5) | 4/768,635 | 0.52 (0.14–1.33) |
*Defined by Texas Department of State Health Services (https://www.dshs.texas.gov/center-health-statistics/texas-county-numbers-public-health-regions). Numbers in parentheses represent region assignment. †Defined by the US Census in 2020, data provided by Texas Demographic Center (https://demographics.texas.gov/Projections/2024)
1Preliminary results from this study were presented at IDWeek 2025; October 19–22, 2025; Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
2These authors contributed equally to this article.
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