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Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020
Research

Risk for Coccidioidomycosis among Hispanic Farm Workers, California, USA, 2018

Stephen A. McCurdyComments to Author , Catherine Portillo-Silva, Carol L. Sipan, Heejung Bang, and Kirt W. Emery
Author affiliations: University of California, Davis, California, USA (S.A. McCurdy, H. Bang); University of California, Merced, California, USA (C. Portillo-Silva, C.L. Sipan); Kern County Public Health Services Department, Bakersfield, California, USA (K.W. Emery)

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Table 1

Selected demographic and health characteristics of 203 Hispanic farm workers evaluated for coccidioidomycosis, Kern County, California, USA, 2016–2018*

Characteristic
Case-patients, n = 110
Controls, n = 93
Sex, no. (%)
F 46 (42) 53 (57)
M 64 (58) 40 (43)
Age, y
Median
M
38.7
42.0
F 38.1 32.7
IQR
M 29.6–47.8 29.0–50.5
F
28.5–46.3
27.0–39.5
Country of birth, no. (%)
Mexico 83 (76) 74 (80)
United States 16 (15) 16 (17)
Central America
11 (10)
3 (3)
Language used during interview, no. (%)
Spanish 94 (85) 80 (86)
English
16 (15)
13 (14)
Years lived in United States
Median
M 18.7 23.2
F 18.0 16.6
IQR
M 13.2–27.4 14.8–32.7
F
12.5–23.3
9.6–20.3
Years lived in Kern County
Median
M 11.2 16.8
F 14.0 11.6
IQR
M 5.6–21.5 10.7–26.2
F
7.2–14.9
4.7–17.0
Years of education
Median 7.5 9.0
IQR
6–12
6–12
Annual family income, US $, no. (%)
<9,000 17 (15) 11 (12)
9,001–12,000 15 (14) 10 (11)
12,001–15,000 13 (12) 17 (18)
15,001–20,000 12 (11) 15 (16)
>20,001 24 (22) 20 (22)
Not stated
29 (26)
20 (22)
Smoker status, no. (%)
Never 80 (73) 65 (70)
Former 27 (25) 22 (24)
Current
3 (3)
6 (6)
Selected health conditions, no. (%)
Diabetes 20 (18) 17 (18)
Asthma 5 (5) 7 (8)
Other lung conditions 31 (28) 17 (18)
Cancer 5 (5) 7 (8)
Pregnancy† 12 (27) 39 (74)

*IQR, interquartile range.
†Percentage calculations based on women only.

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