Grace S Liu, Brenda L Nguyen, Bridget H Lyons, Kameron J Sheats, Rebecca F Wilson, Carter J Betz, Katherine A Fowler
{"title":"Surveillance for Violent Deaths - National Violent Death Reporting System, 48 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, 2020.","authors":"Grace S Liu, Brenda L Nguyen, Bridget H Lyons, Kameron J Sheats, Rebecca F Wilson, Carter J Betz, Katherine A Fowler","doi":"10.15585/mmwr.ss7205a1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.ss7205a1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Problem/condition: </strong>In 2020, approximately 71,000 persons died of violence-related injuries in the United States. This report summarizes data from CDC's National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) on violent deaths that occurred in 48 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico in 2020. Results are reported by sex, age group, race and ethnicity, method of injury, type of location where the injury occurred, circumstances of injury, and other selected characteristics.</p><p><strong>Period covered: </strong>2020.</p><p><strong>Description of system: </strong>NVDRS collects data regarding violent deaths obtained from death certificates, coroner and medical examiner records, and law enforcement reports. This report includes data collected for violent deaths that occurred in 2020. Data were collected from 48 states (all states with exception of Florida and Hawaii), the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Forty-six states had statewide data, two additional states had data from counties representing a subset of their population (35 California counties, representing 71% of its population, and four Texas counties, representing 39% of its population), and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico had jurisdiction-wide data. NVDRS collates information for each violent death and links deaths that are related (e.g., multiple homicides, homicide followed by suicide, or multiple suicides) into a single incident.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>For 2020, NVDRS collected information on 64,388 fatal incidents involving 66,017 deaths that occurred in 48 states (46 states collecting statewide data, 35 California counties, and four Texas counties), and the District of Columbia. In addition, information was collected for 729 fatal incidents involving 790 deaths in Puerto Rico. Data for Puerto Rico were analyzed separately. Of the 66,017 deaths, the majority (58.4%) were suicides, followed by homicides (31.3%), deaths of undetermined intent (8.2%), legal intervention deaths (1.3%) (i.e., deaths caused by law enforcement and other persons with legal authority to use deadly force acting in the line of duty, excluding legal executions), and unintentional firearm deaths (<1.0%). The term \"legal intervention\" is a classification incorporated into the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, and does not denote the lawfulness or legality of the circumstances surrounding a death caused by law enforcement.Demographic patterns and circumstances varied by manner of death. The suicide rate was higher for males than for females. Across all age groups, the suicide rate was highest among adults aged ≥85 years. In addition, non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native (AI/AN) persons had the highest suicide rates among all racial and ethnic groups. Among both males and females, the most common method of injury for suicide was a firearm. Among all suicide victims, when circumstances were known, suicide was most often preceded by a mental","PeriodicalId":48549,"journal":{"name":"Mmwr Surveillance Summaries","volume":"72 5","pages":"1-38"},"PeriodicalIF":24.9,"publicationDate":"2023-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10208308/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9923219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kyle R Ryff, Aidsa Rivera, Dania M Rodriguez, Gilberto A Santiago, Freddy A Medina, Esther M Ellis, Jomil Torres, Ann Pobutsky, Jorge Munoz-Jordan, Gabriela Paz-Bailey, Laura E Adams
{"title":"Epidemiologic Trends of Dengue in U.S. Territories, 2010-2020.","authors":"Kyle R Ryff, Aidsa Rivera, Dania M Rodriguez, Gilberto A Santiago, Freddy A Medina, Esther M Ellis, Jomil Torres, Ann Pobutsky, Jorge Munoz-Jordan, Gabriela Paz-Bailey, Laura E Adams","doi":"10.15585/mmwr.ss7204a1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.ss7204a1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Problem/condition: </strong>Dengue is one of the most common vectorborne flaviviral infections globally, with frequent outbreaks in tropical regions. In 2019 and 2020, the Pan American Health Organization reported approximately 5.5 million dengue cases from the Americas, the highest number on record. In the United States, local dengue virus (DENV) transmission has been reported from all U.S. territories, which are characterized by tropical climates that are highly suitable for Aedes species of mosquitoes, the vector that transmits dengue. Dengue is endemic in the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI). Dengue risk in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is considered sporadic or uncertain. Despite all U.S. territories reporting local dengue transmission, epidemiologic trends over time have not been well described.</p><p><strong>Reporting period: </strong>2010-2020.</p><p><strong>Description of system: </strong>State and territorial health departments report dengue cases to CDC through ArboNET, the national arboviral surveillance system, which was developed in 2000 to monitor West Nile virus infections. Dengue became nationally notifiable in ArboNET in 2010. Dengue cases reported to ArboNET are categorized using the 2015 Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists case definition. In addition, DENV serotyping is performed at CDC's Dengue Branch Laboratory in a subset of specimens to support identification of circulating DENV serotypes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>During 2010-2020, a total of 30,903 dengue cases were reported from four U.S. territories to ArboNET. Puerto Rico reported the highest number of dengue cases (29,862 [96.6%]), followed by American Samoa (660 [2.1%]), USVI (353 [1.1%]), and Guam (28 [0.1%]). However, annual incidence rates were highest in American Samoa with 10.2 cases per 1,000 population in 2017, followed by Puerto Rico with 2.9 in 2010 and USVI with 1.6 in 2013. Approximately one half (50.6%) of cases occurred among persons aged <20 years. The proportion of persons with dengue who were hospitalized was high in three of the four territories: 45.5% in American Samoa, 32.6% in Puerto Rico, and 32.1% in Guam. In Puerto Rico and USVI, approximately 2% of reported cases were categorized as severe dengue. Of all dengue-associated deaths, 68 (0.2%) were reported from Puerto Rico; no deaths were reported from the other territories. During 2010-2020, DENV-1 and DENV-4 were the predominant serotypes in Puerto Rico and USVI.</p><p><strong>Interpretation: </strong>U.S. territories experienced a high prevalence of dengue during 2010-2020, with approximately 30,000 cases reported, and a high incidence during outbreak years. Children and adolescents aged <20 years were disproportionately affected, highlighting the need for interventions tailored for this population. Ongoing education about dengue clinical management for health care providers in U.S. t","PeriodicalId":48549,"journal":{"name":"Mmwr Surveillance Summaries","volume":"72 4","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":24.9,"publicationDate":"2023-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10208330/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9520400","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kathryn Miele, Shin Y Kim, Rachelle Jones, Juneka H Rembert, Elisha M Wachman, Hira Shrestha, Michelle L Henninger, Teresa M Kimes, Patrick D Schneider, Vaseekaran Sivaloganathan, Katherine A Sward, Vikrant G Deshmukh, Pilar M Sanjuan, Jessie R Maxwell, Neil S Seligman, Sarah Caveglia, Judette M Louis, Tanner Wright, Carolyne Cody Bennett, Caitlin Green, Nisha George, Lucas Gosdin, Emmy L Tran, Dana Meaney-Delman, Suzanne M Gilboa
{"title":"Medication for Opioid Use Disorder During Pregnancy - Maternal and Infant Network to Understand Outcomes Associated with Use of Medication for Opioid Use Disorder During Pregnancy (MAT-LINK), 2014-2021.","authors":"Kathryn Miele, Shin Y Kim, Rachelle Jones, Juneka H Rembert, Elisha M Wachman, Hira Shrestha, Michelle L Henninger, Teresa M Kimes, Patrick D Schneider, Vaseekaran Sivaloganathan, Katherine A Sward, Vikrant G Deshmukh, Pilar M Sanjuan, Jessie R Maxwell, Neil S Seligman, Sarah Caveglia, Judette M Louis, Tanner Wright, Carolyne Cody Bennett, Caitlin Green, Nisha George, Lucas Gosdin, Emmy L Tran, Dana Meaney-Delman, Suzanne M Gilboa","doi":"10.15585/mmwr.ss7203a1","DOIUrl":"10.15585/mmwr.ss7203a1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Problem: </strong>Medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) is recommended for persons with opioid use disorder (OUD) during pregnancy. However, knowledge gaps exist about best practices for management of OUD during pregnancy and these data are needed to guide clinical care.</p><p><strong>Period covered: </strong>2014-2021.</p><p><strong>Description of the system: </strong>Established in 2019, the Maternal and Infant Network to Understand Outcomes Associated with Medication for Opioid Use Disorder During Pregnancy (MAT-LINK) is a surveillance network of seven clinical sites in the United States. Boston Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, The Ohio State University, and the University of Utah were the initial clinical sites in 2019. In 2021, three clinical sites were added to the network (the University of New Mexico, the University of Rochester, and the University of South Florida). Persons receiving care at the seven clinical sites are diverse in terms of geography, urbanicity, race and ethnicity, insurance coverage, and type of MOUD received. The goal of MAT-LINK is to capture demographic and clinical information about persons with OUD during pregnancy to better understand the effect of MOUD on outcomes and, ultimately, provide information for clinical care and public health interventions for this population. MAT-LINK maintains strict confidentiality through robust information technology architecture. MAT-LINK surveillance methods, population characteristics, and evaluation findings are described in this inaugural surveillance report. This report is the first to describe the system, presenting detailed information on funding, structure, data elements, and methods as well as findings from a surveillance evaluation. The findings presented in this report are limited to selected demographic characteristics of pregnant persons overall and by MOUD treatment status. Clinical and outcome data are not included because data collection and cleaning have not been completed; initial analyses of clinical and outcome data will begin in 2023.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The MAT-LINK surveillance network gathered data on 5,541 reported pregnancies with a known pregnancy outcome during 2014-2021 among persons with OUD from seven clinical sites. The mean maternal age was 29.7 (SD = ±5.1) years. By race and ethnicity, 86.3% of pregnant persons were identified as White, 25.4% as Hispanic or Latino, and 5.8% as Black or African American. Among pregnant persons, 81.6% had public insurance, and 84.4% lived in urban areas. Compared with persons not receiving MOUD during pregnancy, those receiving MOUD during pregnancy were more likely to be older and White and to have public insurance. The evaluation of the surveillance system found that the initial four clinical sites were not representative of demographics of the South or Southwest regions of the United States and had low representation from certain racial and ethnic groups compared with the ov","PeriodicalId":48549,"journal":{"name":"Mmwr Surveillance Summaries","volume":"72 3","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":37.3,"publicationDate":"2023-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10154076/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10297375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kelly A Shaw, Deborah A Bilder, Dedria McArthur, Ashley Robinson Williams, Esther Amoakohene, Amanda V Bakian, Maureen S Durkin, Robert T Fitzgerald, Sarah M Furnier, Michelle M Hughes, Elise T Pas, Angelica Salinas, Zachary Warren, Susan Williams, Amy Esler, Andrea Grzybowski, Christine M Ladd-Acosta, Mary Patrick, Walter Zahorodny, Katie K Green, Jennifer Hall-Lande, Maya Lopez, Kristen Clancy Mancilla, Ruby H N Nguyen, Karen Pierce, Yvette D Schwenk, Josephine Shenouda, Kate Sidwell, Alison Vehorn, Monica DiRienzo, Johanna Gutierrez, Libby Hallas, Allison Hudson, Margaret H Spivey, Sydney Pettygrove, Anita Washington, Matthew J Maenner
{"title":"Early Identification of Autism Spectrum Disorder Among Children Aged 4 Years - Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 11 Sites, United States, 2020.","authors":"Kelly A Shaw, Deborah A Bilder, Dedria McArthur, Ashley Robinson Williams, Esther Amoakohene, Amanda V Bakian, Maureen S Durkin, Robert T Fitzgerald, Sarah M Furnier, Michelle M Hughes, Elise T Pas, Angelica Salinas, Zachary Warren, Susan Williams, Amy Esler, Andrea Grzybowski, Christine M Ladd-Acosta, Mary Patrick, Walter Zahorodny, Katie K Green, Jennifer Hall-Lande, Maya Lopez, Kristen Clancy Mancilla, Ruby H N Nguyen, Karen Pierce, Yvette D Schwenk, Josephine Shenouda, Kate Sidwell, Alison Vehorn, Monica DiRienzo, Johanna Gutierrez, Libby Hallas, Allison Hudson, Margaret H Spivey, Sydney Pettygrove, Anita Washington, Matthew J Maenner","doi":"10.15585/mmwr.ss7201a1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.ss7201a1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Problem/condition: </strong>Autism spectrum disorder (ASD).</p><p><strong>Period covered: </strong>2020.</p><p><strong>Description of system: </strong>The Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network is an active surveillance program that estimates prevalence and characteristics of ASD and monitors timing of ASD identification among children aged 4 and 8 years. In 2020, a total of 11 sites (located in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, Tennessee, Utah, and Wisconsin) conducted surveillance of ASD among children aged 4 and 8 years and suspected ASD among children aged 4 years. Surveillance included children who lived in the surveillance area at any time during 2020. Children were classified as having ASD if they ever received 1) an ASD diagnostic statement in an evaluation, 2) a special education classification of autism (eligibility), or 3) an ASD International Classification of Diseases (ICD) code (revisions 9 or 10). Children aged 4 years were classified as having suspected ASD if they did not meet the case definition for ASD but had a documented qualified professional's statement indicating a suspicion of ASD. This report focuses on children aged 4 years in 2020 compared with children aged 8 years in 2020.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>For 2020, ASD prevalence among children aged 4 years varied across sites, from 12.7 per 1,000 children in Utah to 46.4 in California. The overall prevalence was 21.5 and was higher among boys than girls at every site. Compared with non-Hispanic White children, ASD prevalence was 1.8 times as high among Hispanic, 1.6 times as high among non-Hispanic Black, 1.4 times as high among Asian or Pacific Islander, and 1.2 times as high among multiracial children. Among the 58.3% of children aged 4 years with ASD and information on intellectual ability, 48.5% had an IQ score of ≤70 on their most recent IQ test or an examiner's statement of intellectual disability. Among children with a documented developmental evaluation, 78.0% were evaluated by age 36 months. Children aged 4 years had a higher cumulative incidence of ASD diagnosis or eligibility by age 48 months compared with children aged 8 years at all sites; risk ratios ranged from 1.3 in New Jersey and Utah to 2.0 in Tennessee. In the 6 months before the March 2020 COVID-19 pandemic declaration by the World Health Organization, there were 1,593 more evaluations and 1.89 more ASD identifications per 1,000 children aged 4 years than children aged 8 years received 4 years earlier. After the COVID-19 pandemic declaration, this pattern reversed: in the 6 months after pandemic onset, there were 217 fewer evaluations and 0.26 fewer identifications per 1,000 children aged 4 years than children aged 8 years received 4 years earlier. Patterns of evaluation and identification varied among sites, but there was not recovery to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels by the end of 2020 at most sites or overall. For 2020","PeriodicalId":48549,"journal":{"name":"Mmwr Surveillance Summaries","volume":"72 1","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":24.9,"publicationDate":"2023-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10042615/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9265452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matthew J Maenner, Zachary Warren, Ashley Robinson Williams, Esther Amoakohene, Amanda V Bakian, Deborah A Bilder, Maureen S Durkin, Robert T Fitzgerald, Sarah M Furnier, Michelle M Hughes, Christine M Ladd-Acosta, Dedria McArthur, Elise T Pas, Angelica Salinas, Alison Vehorn, Susan Williams, Amy Esler, Andrea Grzybowski, Jennifer Hall-Lande, Ruby H N Nguyen, Karen Pierce, Walter Zahorodny, Allison Hudson, Libby Hallas, Kristen Clancy Mancilla, Mary Patrick, Josephine Shenouda, Kate Sidwell, Monica DiRienzo, Johanna Gutierrez, Margaret H Spivey, Maya Lopez, Sydney Pettygrove, Yvette D Schwenk, Anita Washington, Kelly A Shaw
{"title":"Prevalence and Characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder Among Children Aged 8 Years - Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 11 Sites, United States, 2020.","authors":"Matthew J Maenner, Zachary Warren, Ashley Robinson Williams, Esther Amoakohene, Amanda V Bakian, Deborah A Bilder, Maureen S Durkin, Robert T Fitzgerald, Sarah M Furnier, Michelle M Hughes, Christine M Ladd-Acosta, Dedria McArthur, Elise T Pas, Angelica Salinas, Alison Vehorn, Susan Williams, Amy Esler, Andrea Grzybowski, Jennifer Hall-Lande, Ruby H N Nguyen, Karen Pierce, Walter Zahorodny, Allison Hudson, Libby Hallas, Kristen Clancy Mancilla, Mary Patrick, Josephine Shenouda, Kate Sidwell, Monica DiRienzo, Johanna Gutierrez, Margaret H Spivey, Maya Lopez, Sydney Pettygrove, Yvette D Schwenk, Anita Washington, Kelly A Shaw","doi":"10.15585/mmwr.ss7202a1","DOIUrl":"10.15585/mmwr.ss7202a1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Problem/condition: </strong>Autism spectrum disorder (ASD).</p><p><strong>Period covered: </strong>2020.</p><p><strong>Description of system: </strong>The Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network is an active surveillance program that provides estimates of the prevalence of ASD among children aged 8 years. In 2020, there were 11 ADDM Network sites across the United States (Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, Tennessee, Utah, and Wisconsin). To ascertain ASD among children aged 8 years, ADDM Network staff review and abstract developmental evaluations and records from community medical and educational service providers. A child met the case definition if their record documented 1) an ASD diagnostic statement in an evaluation, 2) a classification of ASD in special education, or 3) an ASD International Classification of Diseases (ICD) code.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>For 2020, across all 11 ADDM sites, ASD prevalence per 1,000 children aged 8 years ranged from 23.1 in Maryland to 44.9 in California. The overall ASD prevalence was 27.6 per 1,000 (one in 36) children aged 8 years and was 3.8 times as prevalent among boys as among girls (43.0 versus 11.4). Overall, ASD prevalence was lower among non-Hispanic White children (24.3) and children of two or more races (22.9) than among non-Hispanic Black or African American (Black), Hispanic, and non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander (A/PI) children (29.3, 31.6, and 33.4 respectively). ASD prevalence among non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native (AI/AN) children (26.5) was similar to that of other racial and ethnic groups. ASD prevalence was associated with lower household income at three sites, with no association at the other sites.Across sites, the ASD prevalence per 1,000 children aged 8 years based exclusively on documented ASD diagnostic statements was 20.6 (range = 17.1 in Wisconsin to 35.4 in California). Of the 6,245 children who met the ASD case definition, 74.7% had a documented diagnostic statement of ASD, 65.2% had a documented ASD special education classification, 71.6% had a documented ASD ICD code, and 37.4% had all three types of ASD indicators. The median age of earliest known ASD diagnosis was 49 months and ranged from 36 months in California to 59 months in Minnesota.Among the 4,165 (66.7%) children with ASD with information on cognitive ability, 37.9% were classified as having an intellectual disability. Intellectual disability was present among 50.8% of Black, 41.5% of A/PI, 37.8% of two or more races, 34.9% of Hispanic, 34.8% of AI/AN, and 31.8% of White children with ASD. Overall, children with intellectual disability had earlier median ages of ASD diagnosis (43 months) than those without intellectual disability (53 months).</p><p><strong>Interpretation: </strong>For 2020, one in 36 children aged 8 years (approximately 4% of boys and 1% of girls) was estimated to have ASD. These estimates are ","PeriodicalId":48549,"journal":{"name":"Mmwr Surveillance Summaries","volume":"72 2","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":24.9,"publicationDate":"2023-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10042614/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9265448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Katherine Kortsmit, Antoinette T Nguyen, Michele G Mandel, Elizabeth Clark, Lisa M Hollier, Jessica Rodenhizer, Maura K Whiteman
{"title":"Abortion Surveillance - United States, 2020.","authors":"Katherine Kortsmit, Antoinette T Nguyen, Michele G Mandel, Elizabeth Clark, Lisa M Hollier, Jessica Rodenhizer, Maura K Whiteman","doi":"10.15585/mmwr.ss7110a1","DOIUrl":"10.15585/mmwr.ss7110a1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Problem/condition: </strong>CDC conducts abortion surveillance to document the number and characteristics of women obtaining legal induced abortions and number of abortion-related deaths in the United States.</p><p><strong>Period covered: </strong>2020.</p><p><strong>Description of system: </strong>Each year, CDC requests abortion data from the central health agencies for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and New York City. For 2020, a total of 49 reporting areas voluntarily provided aggregate abortion data to CDC. Of these, 48 reporting areas provided data each year during 2011-2020. Census and natality data were used to calculate abortion rates (number of abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years) and ratios (number of abortions per 1,000 live births), respectively. Abortion-related deaths from 2019 were assessed as part of CDC's Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System (PMSS).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 620,327 abortions for 2020 were reported to CDC from 49 reporting areas. Among 48 reporting areas with data each year during 2011-2020, in 2020, a total of 615,911 abortions were reported, the abortion rate was 11.2 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years, and the abortion ratio was 198 abortions per 1,000 live births. From 2019 to 2020, the total number of abortions decreased 2% (from 625,346 total abortions), the abortion rate decreased 2% (from 11.4 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years), and the abortion ratio increased 2% (from 195 abortions per 1,000 live births). From 2011 to 2020, the total number of reported abortions decreased 15% (from 727,554), the abortion rate decreased 18% (from 13.7 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years), and the abortion ratio decreased 9% (from 217 abortions per 1,000 live births).In 2020, women in their 20s accounted for more than half of abortions (57.2%). Women aged 20-24 and 25-29 years accounted for the highest percentages of abortions (27.9% and 29.3%, respectively) and had the highest abortion rates (19.2 and 19.0 abortions per 1,000 women aged 20-24 and 25-29 years, respectively). By contrast, adolescents aged <15 years and women aged ≥40 years accounted for the lowest percentages of abortions (0.2% and 3.7%, respectively) and had the lowest abortion rates (0.4 and 2.6 abortions per 1,000 women aged <15 and ≥40 years, respectively). However, abortion ratios were highest among adolescents (aged ≤19 years) and lowest among women aged 25-39 years.Abortion rates decreased from 2011 to 2020 among all age groups. The decrease in abortion rate was highest among adolescents compared with any other age group. From 2019 to 2020, abortion rates decreased or did not change for all age groups. Abortion ratios decreased from 2011 to 2020 for all age groups, except adolescents aged 15-19 years and women aged 25-29 years for whom abortion ratios increased. The decrease in abortion ratio was highest among women aged ≥40 years compared with any other age group. From 2019 to","PeriodicalId":48549,"journal":{"name":"Mmwr Surveillance Summaries","volume":"71 10","pages":"1-27"},"PeriodicalIF":37.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9707346/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10465302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Angela B Snyder, Sangeetha Lakshmanan, Mary M Hulihan, Susan T Paulukonis, Mei Zhou, Sophia S Horiuchi, Karon Abe, Shammara N Pope, Laura A Schieve
{"title":"Surveillance for Sickle Cell Disease - Sickle Cell Data Collection Program, Two States, 2004-2018.","authors":"Angela B Snyder, Sangeetha Lakshmanan, Mary M Hulihan, Susan T Paulukonis, Mei Zhou, Sophia S Horiuchi, Karon Abe, Shammara N Pope, Laura A Schieve","doi":"10.15585/mmwr.ss7109a1","DOIUrl":"10.15585/mmwr.ss7109a1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Problem/condition: </strong>Sickle cell disease (SCD), an inherited blood disorder affecting an estimated 100,000 persons in the United States, is associated with multiple complications and reduced life expectancy. Complications of SCD can include anemia, debilitating acute and chronic pain, infection, acute chest syndrome, stroke, and progressive organ damage, including decreased cognitive function and renal failure. Early diagnosis, screenings and preventive interventions, and access to specialist health care can decrease illness and death. Population-based public health surveillance is critical to understanding the course and outcomes of SCD as well as the health care use, unmet health care needs, and gaps in essential services of the population affected by SCD.</p><p><strong>Period covered: </strong>2004-2018.</p><p><strong>Description of the program: </strong>In 2015, CDC established the Sickle Cell Data Collection (SCDC) program to characterize the epidemiology of SCD in two states (California and Georgia). Previously, surveillance for SCD was conducted by two short-term projects: Registry and Surveillance System for Hemoglobinopathies (RuSH), which was conducted during 2010-2012 and included 2004-2008 data, and Public Health Research, Epidemiology, and Surveillance for Hemoglobinopathies (PHRESH), which was conducted during 2012-2014 and included 2004-2008 data. Both California and Georgia participated in RuSH and PHRESH, which guided the development of the SCDC methods and case definitions. SCDC is a population-based tracking system that uses comprehensive data linkages in state health systems. These linkages serve to synthesize and disseminate population-based, longitudinal data for persons identified with SCD from multiple sources using selected International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, and Tenth Revision codes and laboratory results confirmed through state newborn screening (NBS) programs or clinic case reporting. Administrative and clinical data sources include state Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program databases, death certificates, NBS programs, hospital discharge and emergency department records, and clinical records or case reports. Data from multiple sources and years are linked and deduplicated so that states can analyze and report on SCD population prevalence, demographic characteristics, health care access and use, and health outcomes. The SCD case definition is based on an algorithm that classifies cases with laboratory confirmation as confirmed cases and those with a reported clinical diagnosis or three or more diagnostic codes over a 5-year period from an administrative data source as probable cases. In 2019, nine states (Alabama, California, Georgia, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia) were funded as part of an SCDC capacity-building initiative. The newly funded states developed strategies for SCD case identification and data l","PeriodicalId":48549,"journal":{"name":"Mmwr Surveillance Summaries","volume":"71 9","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":24.9,"publicationDate":"2022-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9552568/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10464772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Malaria Surveillance - United States, 2018.","authors":"Kimberly E Mace, Naomi W Lucchi, Kathrine R Tan","doi":"10.15585/mmwr.ss7108a1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.ss7108a1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Problem/condition: </strong>Malaria in humans is caused by intraerythrocytic protozoa of the genus Plasmodium. These parasites are transmitted by the bite of an infective female Anopheles species mosquito. Most malaria infections in the United States and its territories occur among persons who have traveled to regions with ongoing malaria transmission. However, among persons who have not traveled out of the country, malaria is occasionally acquired through exposure to infected blood or tissues, congenital transmission, nosocomial exposure, or local mosquitoborne transmission. Malaria surveillance in the United States and its territories provides information on its occurrence (e.g., temporal, geographic, and demographic), guides prevention and treatment recommendations for travelers and patients, and facilitates rapid transmission control measures if locally acquired cases are identified.</p><p><strong>Period covered: </strong>This report summarizes confirmed malaria cases in persons with onset of illness in 2018 and trends in previous years.</p><p><strong>Description of system: </strong>Malaria cases diagnosed by blood smear microscopy, polymerase chain reaction, or rapid diagnostic tests are reported to local and state health departments through electronic laboratory reports or by health care providers or laboratory staff members directly reporting to CDC or health departments. Case investigations are conducted by local and state health departments, and reports are transmitted to CDC through the National Malaria Surveillance System (NMSS), the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS), or direct CDC clinical consultations. CDC reference laboratories provide diagnostic assistance and conduct antimalarial drug resistance marker testing on blood specimens submitted by health care providers or local or state health departments. This report summarizes data from the integration of all cases from NMSS and NNDSS, CDC clinical consultations, and CDC reference laboratory reports.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>CDC received reports of 1,823 confirmed malaria cases with onset of symptoms in 2018, including one cryptic case and one case acquired through a bone marrow transplant. The number of cases reported in 2018 is 15.6% fewer than in 2017. The number of cases diagnosed in the United States and its territories has been increasing since the mid-1970s; the number of cases reported in 2017 was the highest since 1972. Of the cases in 2018, a total of 1,519 (85.0%) were imported cases that originated from Africa; 1,061 (69.9%) of the cases from Africa were from West Africa, a similar proportion to what was observed in 2017. Among all cases, P. falciparum accounted for most infections (1,273 [69.8%]), followed by P. vivax (173 [9.5%]), P. ovale (95 [5.2%]), and P. malariae (48 [2.6%]). For the first time since 2008, an imported case of P. knowlesi was identified in the United States and its territories. Infections by two or more speci","PeriodicalId":48549,"journal":{"name":"Mmwr Surveillance Summaries","volume":"71 8","pages":"1-35"},"PeriodicalIF":24.9,"publicationDate":"2022-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9470224/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40336731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dallas J Smith, Samantha L Williams, Kaitlin M Benedict, Brendan R Jackson, Mitsuru Toda
{"title":"Surveillance for Coccidioidomycosis, Histoplasmosis, and Blastomycosis - United States, 2019.","authors":"Dallas J Smith, Samantha L Williams, Kaitlin M Benedict, Brendan R Jackson, Mitsuru Toda","doi":"10.15585/mmwr.ss7107a1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.ss7107a1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Problem/condition: </strong>Coccidioidomycosis, histoplasmosis, and blastomycosis are underdiagnosed fungal diseases that often mimic bacterial or viral pneumonia and can cause disseminated disease and death. These diseases are caused by inhalation of fungal spores that have distinct geographic niches in the environment (e.g., soil or dust), and distribution is highly susceptible to climate changes such as expanding arid regions for coccidioidomycosis, the northward expansion of histoplasmosis, and areas like New York reporting cases of blastomycosis previously thought to be nonendemic. The national incidence of coccidioidomycosis, histoplasmosis, and blastomycosis is poorly characterized.</p><p><strong>Reporting period: </strong>2019.</p><p><strong>Description of system: </strong>The National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) tracks cases of coccidioidomycosis, a nationally notifiable condition reported to CDC by 26 states and the District of Columbia. Neither histoplasmosis nor blastomycosis is a nationally notifiable condition; however, histoplasmosis is voluntarily reported in 13 states and blastomycosis in five states. Health departments classify cases based on the definitions established by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In 2019, a total of 20,061 confirmed coccidioidomycosis, 1,124 confirmed and probable histoplasmosis, and 240 confirmed and probable blastomycosis cases were reported to CDC. Arizona and California reported 97% of coccidioidomycosis cases, and Minnesota and Wisconsin reported 75% of blastomycosis cases. Illinois reported the greatest percentage (26%) of histoplasmosis cases. All three diseases were more common among males, and the proportion for blastomycosis (70%) was substantially higher than for histoplasmosis (56%) or coccidioidomycosis (52%). Coccidioidomycosis incidence was approximately four times higher for non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native (AI/AN) persons (17.3 per 100,000 population) and almost three times higher for Hispanic or Latino persons (11.2) compared with non-Hispanic White (White) persons (4.1). Histoplasmosis incidence was similar across racial and ethnic categories (range: 0.9-1.3). Blastomycosis incidence was approximately six times as high among AI/AN persons (4.5) and approximately twice as high among non-Hispanic Asian and Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander persons (1.6) compared with White persons (0.7). More than one half of histoplasmosis (54%) and blastomycosis (65%) patients were hospitalized, and 5% of histoplasmosis and 9% of blastomycosis patients died. States in which coccidioidomycosis is not known to be endemic had more cases in spring (March, April, and May) than during other seasons, whereas the number of cases peaked slightly in autumn (September, October, and November) for histoplasmosis and in winter (December, January, and February) for blastomycosis.</p><p><strong>Interpretation: </s","PeriodicalId":48549,"journal":{"name":"Mmwr Surveillance Summaries","volume":"71 7","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":24.9,"publicationDate":"2022-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9575547/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10486460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rebecca F Wilson, Grace Liu, Bridget H Lyons, Emiko Petrosky, Dominque D Harrison, Carter J Betz, Janet M Blair
{"title":"Surveillance for Violent Deaths - National Violent Death Reporting System, 42 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, 2019.","authors":"Rebecca F Wilson, Grace Liu, Bridget H Lyons, Emiko Petrosky, Dominque D Harrison, Carter J Betz, Janet M Blair","doi":"10.15585/mmwr.ss7106a1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.ss7106a1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Problem/condition: </strong>In 2019, approximately 67,000 persons died of violence-related injuries in the United States. This report summarizes data from CDC's National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) on violent deaths that occurred in 42 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico in 2019. Results are reported by sex, age group, race and ethnicity, method of injury, type of location where the injury occurred, circumstances of injury, and other selected characteristics.</p><p><strong>Period covered: </strong>2019.</p><p><strong>Description of system: </strong>NVDRS collects data regarding violent deaths obtained from death certificates, coroner and medical examiner records, and law enforcement reports. This report includes data collected for violent deaths that occurred in 2019. Data were collected from 39 states with statewide data (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming), three states with data from counties representing a subset of their population (30 California counties, representing 57% of its population, and 47 Illinois counties and 40 Pennsylvania counties, representing at least 80% of their populations), the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. NVDRS collates information for each violent death and links deaths that are related (e.g., multiple homicides, homicide followed by suicide, or multiple suicides) into a single incident.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>For 2019, NVDRS collected information on 50,374 fatal incidents involving 51,627 deaths that occurred in 42 states (39 states collecting statewide data, 30 California counties, 47 Illinois counties, and 40 Pennsylvania counties), and the District of Columbia. In addition, information was collected for 831 fatal incidents involving 897 deaths in Puerto Rico. Data for Puerto Rico were analyzed separately. Of the 51,627 deaths, the majority (64.1%) were suicides, followed by homicides (25.1%), deaths of undetermined intent (8.7%), legal intervention deaths (1.4%) (i.e., deaths caused by law enforcement and other persons with legal authority to use deadly force acting in the line of duty, excluding legal executions), and unintentional firearm deaths (<1.0%). The term \"legal intervention\" is a classification incorporated into the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, and does not denote the lawfulness or legality of the circumstances surrounding a death caused by law enforcement. Demographic patterns and circumstances varied by manner of death. The suicide rate was higher for males than for females. Across all age groups, the suicide rate was highest among adults aged 45-54 years","PeriodicalId":48549,"journal":{"name":"Mmwr Surveillance Summaries","volume":"71 6","pages":"1-40"},"PeriodicalIF":24.9,"publicationDate":"2022-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9129903/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10242790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}