Coccidioidomycosis: An underreported cause of death—Arizona, 2008–2013

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• Alternative Title:
  Med Mycol
• Personal Author:
  Jones, Jefferson M. ; Koski, Lia ; Khan, Mohammed ; Brady, Shane ; Sunenshine, Rebecca ; Komatsu, Ken K.
• Description:
  In Arizona during 1997-2013, coccidioidomycosis increased from 21 to 90 cases/100,000 population, but coccidioidomycosis-associated deaths remained stable at 3-6 deaths/million population. We used the capture-recapture method by using death certificates and hospital discharge data to more fully estimate the total number of coccidioidomycosis-attributable deaths and compared this with published estimates. Death certificates were included if any cause of death included coccidioidomycosis; hospital discharge data deaths were included if any discharge diagnosis included coccidioidomycosis and laboratory confirmation. Among deaths during 2008-2013, we identified 529 coccidioidomycosis-attributable deaths from death certificates and 560 from hospital discharge data, with 251 deaths identified in both databases. Capture-recapture estimated 1,178 total coccidioidomycosis-attributable deaths, compared with 164 deaths (underlying cause of death) or 529 deaths (any cause of death) on death certificates. Coccidioidomycosis-attributable deaths are underreported from two- to sevenfold on Arizona death certificates, demonstrating an education need for death certifiers to document coccidioidomycosis mortality.
• Subjects:
  Arizona Article Capture-recapture Case-Control Studies Cause Of Death Coccidioidomycosis Death Certificates Disease Notification Epidemiology Humans Medical Records Surveillance

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• Source:
  Med Mycol. 56(2):172-179
• Pubmed ID:
  28595294
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6080208
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  56
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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  urn:sha256:a5e777c8747a494c36abe6ac88c414da9d56f23c6739ba93dce2be728a010924
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