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. 2020 Dec 4;69(48):1817–1821. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6948a4

TABLE 1. Demographic characteristics of persons with confirmed coccidioidomycosis cases (n = 65,438), by region of residence* — California, 2000–2018.

Characteristic No. (%) [incidence]
California Regions*
Southern San Joaquin Valley Central Coast Northern San Joaquin Valley Southern Coast Southern Inland Northern and Eastern California
Overall
65,438 (100) [7.9]
42,198 (100) [90.6]
5,312 (100) [9.7]
2,890 (100) [5.6]
9,999 (100) [2.7]
1,964 (100) [2.2]
2,772 (100) [1.1]
Sex
Male
41,902 (64.6) [10.2]
26,776 (63.8) [110.9]
3,569 (67.2) [13.4]
1,901 (66.1) [8.2]
6,267 (62.9) [3.4]
1,400 (71.3) [3.3]
1,989 (72.3) [1.7]
Female
22,943 (35.4) [5.5]
15,204 (36.2) [60.4]
1,740 (32.8) [5.5]
977 (33.9) [3.2]
3,698 (37.1) [1.9]
563 (28.7) [1.2]
761 (27.7) [0.5]
Age group (yrs)
0–19
7,304 (11.2) [3.1]
6,009 (14.2) [32.5]
415 (7.8) [2.4]
229 (7.9) [1.4]
441 (4.4) [0.5]
88 (4.5) [0.2]
122 (4.4) [0.2]
20–39
21,147 (32.5) [9.3]
15,743 (37.3) [104.7]
1,366 (25.7) [9.9]
633 (21.9) [5.7]
2,253 (22.5) [2.1]
481 (24.5) [1.7]
671 (24.2) [0.2]
40–59
23,583 (36.2) [10.8]
14,485 (34.3) [123.0]
2,129 (40.1) [15.4]
1,205 (41.7) [11.2]
3,828 (38.3) [3.7]
809 (41.2) [3.3]
1,127 (40.7) [1.6]
≥60
13,101 (20.1) [7.9]
5,961 (14.1) [70.8]
1,402 (26.4) [14.9]
823 (28.5) [8.0]
3,477 (34.8) [5.6]
586 (29.8) [4.0]
852 (30.7) [2.0]
Race/Ethnicity
White
14,024 (33.0) [4.3]
7,072 (27.5) [39.2]
2,108 (51.2) [8.7]
518 (34.5) [2.8]
3,273 (39.2) [1.9]
509 (36.6) [1.3]
544 (39.1) [0.3]
Black
4,062 (9.6) [9.0]
2,378 (9.2) [123.8]
235 (5.7) [19.2]
111 (7.4) [8.1]
956 (11.4) [3.7]
184 (13.2) [2.8]
198 (14.2) [1.2]
Hispanic
19,484 (45.9) [7.1]
13,874 (54.0) [60.0]
1,420 (34.5) [8.2]
569 (37.9) [5.3]
2,787 (33.4) [2.1]
516 (37.1) [1.7]
318 (22.8) [0.6]
API 2,763 (6.5) [2.4] 1,122 (4.4) [38.6] 164 (4.0) [7.1] 185 (12.3) [7.4] 962 (11.5) [1.6] 92 (6.6) [1.7] 238 (17.1) [0.3]

Abbreviation: API = Asian/Pacific Islander.

* Southern San Joaquin Valley (Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, and Tulare counties), Central Coast (Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties), Northern San Joaquin Valley (Merced, San Benito, San Joaquin, and Stanislaus counties), Southern Coast (Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego counties), Southern Inland (Imperial, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties), and Northern and Eastern California (all other California counties).

Cases per 100,000 population; median annual incidence from 2000 to 2018 was age-adjusted to the United States 2000 standard population.