TY - JOUR AU - Sorvillo, Frank J. AU - DeGiorgio, Christopher AU - Waterman, Stephen H. T1 - Deaths from Cysticercosis, United States T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2007 VL - 13 IS - 2 SP - 230 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Cysticercosis has emerged as a cause of severe neurologic disease in the United States. We evaluated cysticercosis-related deaths in the United States for 1990–2002 by race, sex, age, state of residence, country of birth, and year of death. A total of 221 cysticercosis deaths were identified. Mortality rates were highest for Latinos (adjusted rate ratio [ARR] 94.5, relative to whites) and men (ARR = 1.8). The mean age at death was 40.5 years (range 2–88). Most patients (187 [84.6%]) were foreign born, and 137 (62%) had emigrated from Mexico. The 33 US-born persons who died of cysticercosis represented 15% of all cysticercosis-related deaths. The cysticercosis mortality rate was highest in California, which accounted for ≈60% of all deaths. Although uncommon, cysticercosis is a cause of premature death in the United States. Fatal cysticercosis affected mainly immigrants from Mexico and other Latin American countries; however, US-born persons were also affected. KW - cysticercosis KW - mortality KW - epidemiology KW - surveillance KW - public health KW - research KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1302.060527 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/2/06-0527_article ER - End of Reference