TABLE 1. Number and percentage of coccidioidomycosis, histoplasmosis, and blastomycosis cases, by selected patient characteristics and clinical outcomes — United States, 2019–2021.
| Characteristic | No. (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coccidioidomycosis* |
Histoplasmosis† |
Blastomycosis§ |
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| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
|
Sex
| |||||||||
| Female |
9,638 (48) |
9,108 (47) |
9,330 (46) |
488 (44) |
410 (41) |
606 (42) |
71 (30) |
87 (37) |
86 (36) |
| Male |
10,392 (52) |
10,132 (53) |
10,966 (54) |
631 (56) |
601 (59) |
851 (58) |
168 (70) |
151 (63) |
155 (64) |
|
Age group, yrs
| |||||||||
| <5 |
67 (<1) |
77 (<1) |
43 (<1) |
6 (1) |
13 (1) |
9 (1) |
2 (<1) |
1 (<1) |
0 (—) |
| 5–19 |
1,252 (6) |
1,056 (5) |
981 (5) |
102 (9) |
116 (12) |
168 (12) |
22 (9) |
25 (11) |
17 (7) |
| 20–39 |
4,695 (23) |
4,466 (23) |
4,346 (21) |
287 (26) |
233 (23) |
384 (26) |
75 (31) |
56 (24) |
49 (20) |
| 40–64 |
8,184 (41) |
7,832 (41) |
8,321 (41) |
482 (43) |
423 (42) |
578 (40) |
93 (39) |
106 (45) |
109 (45) |
| 65–79 |
4,520 (23) |
4,573 (24) |
5,055 (25) |
202 (18) |
203 (20) |
274 (19) |
42 (18) |
43 (18) |
58 (24) |
| ≥80 |
1,323 (7) |
1,256 (7) |
1,533 (8) |
35 (3) |
24 (2) |
41 (3) |
6 (3) |
7 (3) |
8 (3) |
|
Race and ethnicity
| |||||||||
| AI/AN, NH |
241 (3) |
242 (3) |
263 (2) |
4 (<1) |
<7 (1) |
4 (<1) |
10 (5) |
10 (5) |
8 (4) |
| Asian and NH/OPI, NH |
450 (6) |
346 (4) |
578 (5) |
25 (3) |
15 (2) |
22 (2) |
15 (7) |
19 (9) |
7 (3) |
| Black or African American, NH |
528 (7) |
539 (7) |
798 (7) |
79 (9) |
88 (11) |
121 (10) |
24 (12) |
27 (12) |
20 (9) |
| White, NH |
3,252 (41) |
3,870 (48) |
5,141 (47) |
656 (76) |
6,01 (75) |
9,08 (78) |
144 (69) |
142 (65) |
163 (77) |
| Hispanic or Latino (all races) |
2,559 (33) |
2,665 (33) |
3,424 (32) |
63 (7) |
55 (7) |
68 (6) |
14 (7) |
21 (10) |
14 (7) |
| Other¶ |
816 (10) |
357 (4) |
632 (6) |
32 (4) |
35 (4) |
42 (4) |
1 (<1) |
1 (<1) |
2 (<1) |
|
Season**
| |||||||||
| Winter |
4,797 (24) |
5,623 (29) |
5,849 (29) |
210 (24) |
307 (31) |
347 (24) |
35 (22) |
51 (22) |
66 (28) |
| Spring |
4,631 (23) |
3,468 (18) |
4,957 (24) |
223 (25) |
204 (20) |
390 (27) |
38 (23) |
47 (20) |
58 (24) |
| Summer |
4,860 (24) |
4,396 (23) |
4,787 (24) |
201 (23) |
205 (20) |
340 (24) |
46 (29) |
60 (25) |
58 (24) |
| Fall |
5,601 (28) |
5,797 (30) |
4,727 (23) |
253 (29) |
290 (29) |
347 (24) |
42 (26) |
78 (33) |
58 (24) |
|
Hospitalized
| |||||||||
| Yes |
— |
— |
— |
249 (54) |
386 (46) |
515 (46) |
147 (65) |
138 (66) |
143 (63) |
| No |
— |
— |
— |
211 (46) |
451 (54) |
602 (54) |
81 (35) |
70 (34) |
85 (37) |
|
Outcome
| |||||||||
| Died |
— |
— |
— |
20 (5) |
37 (6) |
51 (6) |
20 (9) |
20 (9) |
40 (17) |
| Survived |
— |
— |
— |
395 (95) |
621 (94) |
799 (94) |
204 (91) |
191 (91) |
190 (83) |
| Total | 20,061 | 19,284 | 20,320 | 1,124 | 1,012 | 1,459 | 240 | 238 | 241 |
Abbreviations: AI/AN = American Indian or Alaska Native; NH = non-Hispanic; NH/OPI = Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander.
* Sex was missing for 95 cases, age was missing for 85 cases, and race and ethnicity were missing for 32,964 cases.
† Sex was missing for 10 cases, age was missing for 15 cases, race and ethnicity were missing for 762 cases, season was missing for 278 cases, hospitalization was missing for 1,181 cases, and death was missing for 1,672 cases.
§ Sex was missing for one case, race and ethnicity were missing for 80 cases, season was missing for 82 cases, hospitalization was missing for 55 cases, and death was missing for 54 cases.
¶ Calculated on basis of two or more reported race categories.
** Seasons defined as winter (December–February), spring (March–May), summer (June–August), and fall (September–November).