Table 2.
Rocky Mountain spotted fever demographic profiles and outcome, 2000–2007, United States (National Electronic Telecommunications System for Surveillance [NETSS] and Case Report Forms [CRF])*
| NETSS | CRF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Number of cases | 11,531 | – | 7,796 | – |
| Confirmed | 2,258 | 19.6 | 453 | 5.8 |
| Probable | 9,266 | 80.4 | 7,343 | 94.2 |
| Male | 6,511 | 56.9 | 4,413 | 57.4 |
| Female | 4,939 | 43.1 | 3,275 | 42.6 |
| Race | 8,334 | 88.1 | 6,165 | 86.6 |
| White | ||||
| Black | 762 | 8.1 | 596 | 8.4 |
| American Indian | 377 | 4.0 | 312 | 4.4 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 54 | 0.6 | 44 | 0.6 |
| Other race | 69 | 0.8 | – | – |
| Hispanic ethnicity | 338 | 4.1 | 239 | 3.7 |
| Age (years) | 46 | – | 40 | – |
| Mean | 42 | – | 41 | – |
| Median | ||||
| Hospitalized | – | – | 1,768 | 23.4 |
| Not hospitalized | – | – | 5,777 | 76.6 |
| Confirmed cases hospitalized | – | – | 162 | 37.4 |
| Probable cases hospitalized | 1,606 | 22.6 | ||
| Died | – | – | 35 | 0.5 |
| Did not die | – | – | 7,206 | 99.5 |
| Confirmed cases died | – | – | 13 | 3.0 |
| Probable cases died | 22 | 0.3 | ||
*
Cases for which data not reported were excluded from that part of the analysis, so denominators may not be the same for all categories.