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. 2021 Mar 5;70(1):1–15. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.ss7001a1

TABLE 2. Number and percentage of persons with West Nile virus nonneuroinvasive and neuroinvasive disease, by selected demographic characteristics, onset of illness, hospitalization, and death — United States, 2009–2018.

Characteristic Nonneuroinvasive
disease
(N = 9,034)
Neuroinvasive
disease
(N = 12,835)
Total
(N = 21,869)
No. (%) No. (%) No. (%)
Sex
Female
4,004 (44)
4,888 (38)
8,892 (41)
Male
5,029 (56)
7,947 (62)
12,976 (59)
Unknown
1 (<1)
0 (0)
1 (<1)
Age group (yrs)
0–9
99 (1)
99 (1)
198 (1)
10–19
366 (4)
325 (3)
691 (3)
20–29
628 (7)
597 (5)
1,225 (6)
30–39
1,236 (14)
1,027 (8)
2,263 (10)
40–49
1,548 (17)
1,552 (12)
3,100 (14)
50–59
2,168 (24)
2,605 (20)
4,773 (22)
60–69
1,681 (19)
2,852 (22)
4,533 (21)
≥70
1,308 (14)
3,777 (29)
5,085 (23)
Unknown
0 (0)
1 (<1)
1 (<1)
Race
White
6,338 (70)
8,814 (69)
15,152 (69)
Black
286 (3)
904 (7)
1,190 (5)
American Indian/Alaska Native
86 (1)
123 (1)
209 (1)
Asian/Pacific Islander
76 (1)
138 (1)
214 (1)
Multiple/Other
185 (2)
427 (3)
612 (3)
Unknown
2,063 (23)
2,429 (19)
4,492 (21)
Ethnicity
Hispanic
570 (6)
1,651 (13)
2,221 (10)
Non-Hispanic
5,725 (63)
7,809 (61)
13,534 (62)
Unknown
2,739 (30)
3,375 (26)
6,114 (28)
Month of illness onset
January–March
13 (<1)
16 (<1)
29 (<1)
April–June
290 (3)
302 (2)
592 (3)
July–September
8,184 (91)
11,293 (88)
19,477 (89)
October–December
547 (6)
1,222 (10)
1,769 (8)
Unknown
0 (0)
2 (<1)
2 (<1)
Hospitalization
Yes
2,581 (29)
12,111 (94)
14,692 (67)
No
6,265 (69)
654 (5)
6,919 (32)
Unknown
188 (2)
70 (<1)
258 (1)
Death
Yes
45 (<1)
1,154 (9)
1,199 (5)
No
8,579 (95)
11,165 (87)
19,744 (90)
Unknown 410 (5) 516 (4) 926 (4)