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2019   2018 

Legionellosis Cases and Incidence Rates for Texas, 2011-2020
Year Case Count Incidence Rate
2020 316 1.1
2019 421  1.4 
2018 415 1.4 
2017 327  1.1 
2016 270  1.0
2015 292  1.1 
2014 256  0.9 
2013 168 0.6 
2012 158 0.6
2011 111  0.4
2010  136 0.5 
aIncidence rates (IR) are calculated per 100,000 population. Population data are projected population from Texas Demographic Center’s Texas Populations Projections Program; 2020 and 2019 population projections were updated March 2022, and 2018 & earlier population projections were from the prior version. Data Source: Texas NEDSS Finalized Data File, 2011-2020, Texas Notifiable Conditions. 
Legionellosis Cases and Incidence Ratesa by Age Group, 2016-2020                              
  2016   2017    2018    2019    2020   
 Age Group Count  IR  Count  IR  Count  IR  Count  IR  Count IR 
<1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 - - 0 0.0
01-04 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
05-09  0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
10-14  0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 - - 0 0.0
15-19  1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 - - 0 0.0
20-29 5 0.1 9 0.2 16 0.4 12 - 5 0.1
30-39 20 0.5 15 0.4 31 0.8 30 0.7 21 0.5
40-49 27 0.7 53 1.5 43 1.1 38 1.0 46 1.2
50-59 67 1.9 63 1.8 96 2.7 98 2.8 65 1.9
60+ 150 3.1 187 3.7 229 4.4 238 4.5 180 3.3
Total 270 1.0 327 1.1 415 1.4 421 1.4 317 1.1
aIR=age group-specific incidence rate per 100,000. 
Note: Per Emerging and Acute Infectious Disease Unit Data Suppression policy, beginning with data published after September 2021, subgroup case counts of 1-4 are not provided (-). Rates are not provided (-) when the Relative Standard Error exceeds 25% (n <16). Population data are projected population from Texas Demographic Center’s Texas Populations Projections Program; 2019 population projections were updated July 18, 2019, and 2018 & earlier population projections were from the prior version.                      

Legionellosis Cases and Incidence Ratesa for the Most Populous Texas Counties, 2019-2020 

County 

2019 

2020 

Cases 

IR 

Cases 

IR 

BEXAR 

41 

2.0 

25 

1.2 

BRAZORIA 

0.0 

CAMERON 

COLLIN 

14 

15 

1.4 

DALLAS 

58 

2.2 

49 

1.8 

DENTON 

16 

1.8 

18 

2.0 

EL PASO 

13 

FORT BEND 

HARRIS 

50 

1.0 

38 

0.8 

HIDALGO 

14 

0.9 

MONTGOMERY 

12 

1.1 

NUECES 

TARRANT 

38 

1.8 

30 

1.4 

TRAVIS 

19 

1.5 

25 

1.9 

WILLIAMSON 

10 

0.8 

STATEWIDE TOTALS 

421 

1.4 

317 

1.1 

aIncidence rates (IR) are calculated per 100,000 population. Population data are projected population from Texas Demographic Center’s Texas Populations Projections Program, updated July 18, 2019. 

Note: Per Emerging and Acute Infectious Disease Unit Data Suppression policy, beginning with data published after September 2021, rates are not provided (-) when the Relative Standard Error exceeds 25% (n<16). Data Source: Texas NEDSS Finalized Data File, 2019, Texas Notifiable Conditions.   

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