Table 1.

Descriptive epidemiologic features among case patients with blastomycosis having onsets during the 2006 outbreak period compared with onsets during 1995–2005. All patients represented in this table resided in the 54452 zip code tabulation area in north-central Wisconsin.

Descriptive Feature	2006 Outbreak (n=21) n (%)	1999–2005 Historic Cases (n=46) n (%)	Pvalue
Sex
Male	11 (52)	29 (63)	0.58*
Female	10 (48)	17 (37)	0.58*
Race
White	20 (95)	43 (93)	1.00†
Other	1 (5)	3 (7)	1.00†
Age group (years)
<15	3 (14)	1 (2)	0.09†
15–24	6 (29)	4 (9)	0.06†
25–44	6 (29)	8 (17)	0.34†
45–64	4 (19)	24 (52)	0.02*
>64	2 (10)	9 (20)	0.48†
Underlying medical condition	6 (29)	13 (28)	0.79*
Hospitalized	13 (62)	27 (59)	0.98*
Died	1 (5)	4 (9)	1.00†

P values for *Yates-corrected Mantel-Haenszel chi-square or ^†Fisher exact test.