Table 1.
Registered cases, deaths, and case-fatality rates of Rocky Mountain spotted fever and spotted fever group Rickettsia in selected states of the northern border of Mexico and the northern region by year of occurrence, 2009–2023
Year | Baja California* | Coahuila† | Chihuahua‡ | Nuevo Leon§ | Sonora‖ | Northern Region | |||||||
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Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | CFR (%) | |
2009 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 15 | 161 | 20 | 12.4 |
2010 | 117 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 16 | 207 | 24 | 11.6 |
2011 | 109 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 17 | 230 | 23 | 10.0 |
2012 | 96 | 9 | 62 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 19 | 279 | 37 | 13.3 |
2013 | 90 | 23 | 48 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 85 | 21 | 255 | 58 | 22.7 |
2014 | 80 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 47 | 1 | 101 | 26 | 250 | 67 | 26.8 |
2015 | 122 | 34 | 17 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 75 | 0 | 179 | 86 | 421 | 130 | 30.9 |
2016 | 62 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 55 | 17 | 29 | 0 | 124 | 48 | 284 | 88 | 31.0 |
2017 | 49 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 78 | 31 | 24 | 0 | 102 | 43 | 259 | 99 | 38.2 |
2018 | 40 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 77 | 28 | 36 | 0 | 105 | 46 | 268 | 92 | 34.3 |
2019 | 27 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 99 | 31 | 29 | 0 | 86 | 33 | 262 | 78 | 29.8 |
2020 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 74 | 32 | 15 | 0 | 66 | 20 | 190 | 67 | 35.3 |
2021 | 46 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 89 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 158 | 42 | 306 | 95 | 31.0 |
2022 | 90 | 37 | 29 | 21 | 166 | 49 | 55 | 35 | 190 | 92 | 530 | 234 | 44.2 |
2023 | 93 | 39 | 34 | 20 | 155 | 57 | 71 | 52 | 118 | 65 | 471 | 233 | 49.5 |
Total | 1,051 | 283 | 277 | 97 | 835 | 288 | 414 | 88 | 1,429 | 541 | 4,373 | 1,345 | – |
CFR (%) | 26.90 | 35.01 | 34.50 | 21.30 | 37.90 | 30.76 |
CFR = case-fatality rate.
These data are from the Public Health Services Institute, Baja California, Mexico. Epidemiological surveillance (special system, rickettsiosis). Data not publicly available.
These data are from the Ministry of Health, Chihuahua, Mexico. Epidemiological surveillance (special system, rickettsiosis). Data not publicly available.
These data are from the Ministry of Health, Coahuila, Mexico. Special epidemiological surveillance system, rickettsiosis. Data not publicly available.
These data are from the Government of Mexico.67
These data are from the Government of Sonora.68