Table 2.
Frequency and incidence rates of demographic characteristics of patients who met criteria for NSSP BioSense “heat, excessive” query and CSTE novel heat-related illness query for heat-related illness, Maricopa County, Arizona, January 1 to December 31, 2015
| Demographic Characteristics | NSSP BioSense Querya (n = 791) | CSTE Novel Query (n = 674) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) | Heat-Related Illness Incidence Rate per 100 000 Populationb | No. (%) | Heat-Related Illness Incidence Rate per 100 000 Populationb | |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 491 (62.1) | 26.0 | 448 (66.5) | 23.7 |
| Female | 300 (37.9) | 15.6 | 226 (33.5) | 11.7 |
| Age group, y | ||||
| <5 | 18 (2.3) | 6.4 | 11 (1.6) | 3.9 |
| 5-17 | 46 (5.8) | 6.3 | 33 (4.9) | 4.6 |
| 18-49 | 426 (53.9) | 25.0 | 377 (55.9) | 22.1 |
| 50-64 | 170 (21.5) | 26.5 | 155 (23.0) | 24.2 |
| ≥65 | 131 (16.6) | 28.3 | 98 (14.5) | 21.2 |
| Race | ||||
| White | NA | NA | 505 (74.9) | 18.1 |
| Black or African American | NA | NA | 53 (7.9) | 27.8 |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | NA | NA | 15 (2.2) | 19.1 |
| Asian | NA | NA | 3 (0.5) | 2.3 |
| Other | NA | NA | 98 (14.5) | 15.6 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Non-Hispanic or non-Latino | NA | NA | 494 (73.3) | 18.4 |
| Hispanic or Latino | NA | NA | 180 (26.7) | 15.9 |
Abbreviations: CSTE, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists; NA, not available; NSSP, National Syndromic Surveillance Program.
aBioSense Front End Application did not provide data on race or ethnicity.
bIncidence rates calculated with 2010 US Census population data for Maricopa County, Arizona.25