Table 1.
Paracoccidioidomycosis endemy dimension in Brazil and other Latin America countries: reported cases number, hospitalization, and mortality rate.
| Country/Geographic Area | Mortality Rate [36] a | Hospitalization Rate [37] b | Reported Cases (No.) | Annual Mean Number of Cases c | Case Series References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1.0 | 4.3 | 12,508 | ||
| North * | 1.8 | 6.1 | 2375 | 159.9 | [12,13,14] |
| Northeast | 0.2 | 1.6 | 278 | 21.6 | [15] |
| Southeast | 1.0 | 5.7 | 6784 | 207.8 | [11,16,17,18,19,20] |
| South | 1.5 | 2.4 | 2169 | 140.6 | [21,22,23,24] |
| Midwest | 2.1 | 8.3 | 902 | 49.2 | [25,26,27] |
| Argentina | 110 | 110.0 | [28] | ||
| Colombia | 940 | 32.4 | [29] | ||
| Venezuela | 674 | 25.9 | [30] | ||
| Ecuador | 333 | 15.1 | [31] | ||
| Paraguay | 50 | 5.0 | [32] | ||
| Peru | 111 | 3.3 | [33] | ||
| Mexico | 93 | 3.1 | [34] | ||
| Uruguay | 48 | 1.1 | [35] |
a Mortality rate/1,000,000 inhabitants/year (2002–2004); b Hospitalization rate/100,000 inhabitants/year (1998–2006); c Sum of the mean number of cases per year in the major series of cases in the same geographical area (1930–2012). * Fonts in italic indicate Brazilian geographical regions.