Volume 15, Number 8—August 2009
Dispatch
Shiga Toxin–producing Escherichia coli, New Mexico, USA, 2004–2007
Sarah Lathrop
, Karen Edge, and Joseph Bareta
, Karen Edge, and Joseph Bareta
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of case-patients who had laboratory-confirmed STEC infections, New Mexico, USA, 2004–2007*
| Characteristic | No. case-patients | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| O157 STEC | Non-O157 STEC | Total | |
| Age group, y† | |||
| <1 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 1–4 | 3 | 26 | 29 |
| 5–10 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 11–18 | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 19–29 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 30–39 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 40 –49 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 50–59 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| >60 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 18 | 34 | 52 |
| Female | 22 | 37 | 59 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| White non-Hispanic | 17 | 17 | 34 |
| White Hispanic | 11 | 12 | 23 |
| White, unknown ethnicity | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Native American | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| African American | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Other | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Unknown | 3 | 23 | 26 |
| Type of county | |||
| Urban | 29 | 64 | 93 |
| Rural | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| Year of diagnosis | |||
| 2004 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| 2005 | 10 | 11 | 21 |
| 2006 | 14 | 23 | 37 |
| 2007 | 9 | 26 | 35 |
| Total no. case-patients | 40 | 71 | 111 |
| *STEC, Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli; O157, serotype O157:H7. †Median age (range) of patients: STEC O157–infected, 18 y (4 mo–78 y); non-O157 STEC–infected, 10 y (5 mo–70 y); total, 13.3 y (4 mo–78 y). | |||
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