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Volume 10, Number 3—March 2004
Research

Cysticercosis-related Deaths, California

Frank J. Sorvillo*Comments to Author , Lawrence Portigal†, Christopher. DeGiorgio‡, Lisa Smith*, Stephen H. Waterman§, George W. Berlin*, and Lawrence R. Ash*
Author affiliations: *UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California, USA; †Office of Vital Records, State of California, Sacramento, California, USA; ‡UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA; §Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Table 4

Hospital-based cysticercosis case series and observed mortality rates, United States

Location No. cases No. deaths (%) Years Reference
Los Angeles
 497
 11 (2.2)
 1973–1983
 1
Los Angeles
 238
 3 (1.3)
 1981–1986
 9
Los Angeles
 230
 2 (0.9)
 1981a
 10
Houston
 112
 1 (0.9)
 1986–1991
 2
Chicago
 47
 0
 1986–1994
 12
Los Angeles 52 0 1980–1986 11

aRange of years not provided.

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