TABLE 3. Number of malaria cases by demographics, region of acquisition, and primary reason for travel, by subject resident status — United States, 2018.
| Characteristic | U.S. military personnel |
U.S. civilians |
Non-U.S. residents |
Status not recorded |
Total |
||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | (%)* | (%)† | No. | (%)* | (%)† | No. | (%)* | (%)† | No. | (%)* | (%)† | No. | (%)* | (%)† | |
|
Total
|
38
|
(2.1)
|
—§
|
1,066
|
(58.5)
|
—§
|
375
|
(20.6)
|
—§
|
344
|
(18.9)
|
—§
|
1,826
|
(100)
|
—§
|
|
Sex
| |||||||||||||||
| Male |
36 |
(94.7) |
—¶ |
671 |
(63.0) |
—¶ |
214 |
(57.1) |
(57.2) |
205 |
(59.6) |
(61.9) |
1,126
|
(61.8)
|
(62.2)
|
| Female |
2 |
(5.3) |
—¶ |
395 |
(37.1) |
—¶ |
160 |
(42.7) |
(42.8) |
126 |
(36.6) |
(38.1) |
638
|
(37.5)
|
(37.8)
|
| Unknown |
0 |
(0.0) |
—¶,** |
0 |
(0.0) |
—¶,** |
1 |
(0.3) |
—** |
13 |
(3.8) |
—** |
14
|
(0.8)
|
—**
|
|
Age (yrs)
| |||||||||||||||
| <18 |
0 |
(0.0) |
—†† |
131 |
(12.3) |
—†† |
130 |
(34.7) |
—†† |
33 |
(9.6) |
—†† |
294
|
(16.1)
|
—††
|
| 18–64 |
38 |
(100) |
—†† |
840 |
(78.8) |
—†† |
225 |
(60.0) |
—†† |
294 |
(85.5) |
—†† |
1,397
|
(76.6)
|
—††
|
| ≥65 |
0 |
(0.0) |
—†† |
95 |
(8.9) |
—†† |
20 |
(5.3) |
—†† |
17 |
(4.9) |
—†† |
132
|
(7.2)
|
—††
|
|
Race and ethnicity
| |||||||||||||||
| Ethnicity | |||||||||||||||
| Not Hispanic or Latino |
16 |
(42.1) |
(76.2) |
835 |
(78.3) |
(97.3) |
296 |
(78.9) |
(97.4) |
209 |
(60.8) |
(100.0) |
1,356
|
(74.4)
|
(97.4)
|
| Hispanic or Latino |
5 |
(13.2) |
(23.8) |
23 |
(2.2) |
(2.7) |
8 |
(2.1) |
(2.6) |
0 |
(0.0) |
(0.0) |
36
|
(2.0)
|
(2.6)
|
| Unknown |
17 |
(44.7) |
—** |
2.8 |
(19.5) |
—** |
71 |
(18.9) |
—** |
135 |
(39.2) |
—** |
431
|
(23.6)
|
—**
|
| Race | |||||||||||||||
| Asian |
0 |
(0.0) |
(0.0) |
31 |
(2.9) |
(3.2) |
39 |
(10.4) |
(11.5) |
41 |
(11.9) |
(15.7) |
111
|
(6.1)
|
(3.9)
|
| Black or African American |
11 |
(29.0) |
(33.3) |
769 |
(72.2) |
(78.8) |
265 |
(70.7) |
(78.4) |
179 |
(51.9) |
(68.3) |
1,224
|
(67.1)
|
(76.1)
|
| White |
20 |
(56.2) |
(60.6) |
134 |
(12.6) |
(13.7) |
17 |
(4.5) |
(5.0) |
33 |
(9.6) |
(12.6) |
204
|
(11.2)
|
(12.7)
|
| Other§§ |
2 |
(5.3) |
(6.1) |
42 |
(3.9) |
(4.3) |
17 |
(4.5) |
(5.0) |
9 |
(2.6) |
(3.4) |
70
|
(3.8)
|
(4.4)
|
| Unknown |
5 |
(18.4) |
—** |
90 |
(12.3) |
—** |
37 |
(14.4) |
—** |
82 |
(26.7) |
—** |
214
|
(15.6)
|
—**
|
|
Region of acquisition¶¶
| |||||||||||||||
| Africa |
12 |
(31.6) |
(32.4) |
970 |
(91.3) |
(92.3) |
304 |
(81.1) |
(81.7) |
233 |
(81.1) |
(88.9) |
1,519
|
(85.0
|
(88.2)
|
| West Africa, unspecified |
5 |
(13.5) |
(13.5) |
713 |
(67.0) |
(67.8) |
170 |
(45.3) |
(45.7) |
173 |
(55.6) |
(66.0) |
1,061
|
(59.3)
|
(61.6)
|
| Asia |
25 |
(65.8) |
(67.6) |
41 |
(3.9) |
(3.9) |
54 |
(14.4) |
(14.5) |
21 |
(6.8) |
(8.0) |
141
|
(7.9)
|
(8.2)
|
| South America |
0 |
(0.0) |
(0.0) |
16 |
(1.5) |
(1.5) |
12 |
(3.2) |
(3.2) |
7 |
(2.7) |
(2.7) |
35
|
(2.0)
|
(2.0)
|
| Central America or the Caribbean |
0 |
(0.0) |
(0.0) |
19 |
(1.8) |
(1.8) |
2 |
(0.5) |
(0.5) |
0 |
(0.0) |
(0.0) |
21
|
(1.2)
|
(1.2)
|
| Oceania |
0 |
(0.0) |
(0.0) |
5 |
(0.5) |
(0.5) |
0 |
(0.0) |
(0.0) |
1 |
(0.3) |
(0.4) |
6
|
(0.3)
|
(0.4)
|
| Unknown |
1 |
(2.3) |
—** |
13 |
(1.2) |
—** |
3 |
(0.8) |
—** |
49 |
(15.7) |
—** |
66
|
(3.7)
|
—**
|
| Total |
38 |
(100) |
(100) |
1,064 |
(100) |
(100) |
375 |
(100) |
(100) |
311 |
(100) |
(100) |
1,788
|
(100)
|
(100)
|
|
Primary reason for travel¶¶
| |||||||||||||||
| Visiting friends and relatives |
4 |
(10.5) |
(10.5) |
673 |
(63.3) |
(77) |
82 |
(21.9) |
(26.0) |
74 |
(23.7) |
(71.8) |
833
|
(46.6)
|
(62.6)
|
| Tourist |
0 |
(0) |
(0) |
71 |
(6.7) |
(8.1) |
6 |
(1.6) |
(1.9) |
9 |
(2.9) |
(8.7) |
86
|
(4.8)
|
(6.5)
|
| Missionary or dependent |
0 |
(0) |
(0) |
45 |
(4.2) |
(5.2) |
5 |
(1.3) |
(1.6) |
5 |
(1.6) |
(4.9) |
55
|
(3.1)
|
(4.1)
|
| Business |
0 |
(0) |
(0) |
61 |
(5.7) |
(7.0) |
14 |
(3.7) |
(4.4) |
6 |
(1.9) |
(5.8) |
81
|
(4.5)
|
(6.1)
|
| Student or teacher |
0 |
(0) |
(0) |
20 |
(1.9) |
(2.3) |
15 |
(4.0) |
(4.8) |
7 |
(2.2) |
(6.8 |
42
|
(2.4)
|
(3.1)
|
| Air crew or sailor |
0 |
(0) |
(0) |
1 |
(0.1) |
(0.1) |
3 |
(0.8) |
(1.0) |
0 |
(0) |
(0) |
4
|
(0.2)
|
(0.3)
|
| Peace Corps |
0 |
(0) |
(0) |
1 |
(0.1) |
(0.1) |
0 |
(0) |
(0) |
0 |
(0) |
(0) |
1
|
(0.1)
|
(0.1)
|
| Refugee or immigrant |
0 |
(0) |
(0) |
0 |
(0) |
(0) |
183 |
(40.8) |
(58.1) |
0 |
(0) |
(0) |
183
|
(10.2)
|
(13.8)
|
| Military deployment |
34 |
(89.5) |
(89.5) |
0 |
(0) |
(0) |
2 |
(0.5) |
(0.6) |
0 |
(0) |
(0) |
36
|
(2.0)
|
(2.7)
|
| Other |
0 |
(0) |
(0) |
2 |
(0.2) |
(0.2) |
5 |
(1.3) |
(1.6) |
2 |
(0.6) |
(1.9) |
9
|
(0.5)
|
(0.7)
|
| Unknown |
0 |
(0) |
—** |
190 |
(19.9 |
—** |
60 |
(16) |
—** |
208 |
(66.7) |
—** |
458
|
(25.6)
|
—**
|
| Total | 38 | (100) | (100) | 1,064 | (100) | (100) | 375 | (100) | (100) | 311 | (100) | (100) | 1,788 | (100) | (100) |
* Percentage calculated among all subjects.
† Percentage calculated among subjects with known responses.
§ Not applicable because all cases were categorized by resident status.
¶ Not applicable because sex was known for all subjects.
** Not applicable because unknown responses were excluded from the calculation.
†† Not applicable because age was known for all subjects.
§§ Other race includes American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, mixed race, or another race not specified.
¶¶ Among imported cases.