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  • The year a Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) case is counted is based on the year of death.
Texas Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Case Counts by Type of Disease and Year (2011-2020)
Classifi-
cation		 Trans-
mission 
Type		 Disease Type 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020  Total Counts
Confirmed Acquired vCJD        1              1
Familial fCJD        3     1 2 4 1  11
FFI                  1    1
Sporadic sCJD  12  10  10  11  14 18  15  21 24 13  148 
sFI  1             1      2 
VPSPr    1   1      1       3 
Probable Familial fCJD    1    1 1  1        1 5 
Sporadic sCJD  5  10 4  10 4 14 8  11 17  26 109 
Possible  Sporadic sCJD          1     1      2
Total Counts 18  22 14  27 20  33 25  36 46 41  282
vCJD: variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease; fCJD: familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease; FFI: Fatal Familial Insomnia; sCJD: sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease; sFI: sporadic Fatal Insomnia; VPSP: variably protease-sensitive prionopathy.  

 

Texas Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Deaths and Death Rates per Year (2011-2020)   
Case Year Case Counts Case Rate per Million Population
2011 18  0.7
2012 22  0.85
2013 14 0.53
2014 27 1.00
2015 20  0.73
2016 33  1.19
2017 25 0.89
2018 36  1.25 
2019 46 1.58
2020  41 1.38 
Average 28.2 1.0
Average Number of Texas Cases (Deaths) per Year = 28.2
Average Rate of Cases (Deaths)/Million Population/10 years = 1
Population data are projected populations from Texas Demographic Center’s Texas Populations Projections Program; 2020 population projections were updated on May 11, 2022.

 

Death Rates 2011-2020

Population data are projected populations from Texas Demographic Center’s Texas Populations Projections Program; 2020 population projections were updated on May 11, 2022. 

 

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Case Counts by Gender and Year (2011-2020) 
Gender 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Totals
Male 10 12 6 11 9  18  9 14 23 19  131 
Female  8 10 8  16 11  15  16 22  23 22 151
Total Counts 18 22 14  27 20 33 25 36 46 41  282 
                         
Gender 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Avg %
% Males 56% 55% 43% 41% 45% 55% 36% 39% 50% 46% 46% 
% Females 44% 45% 57% 59% 55% 45% 64% 61% 50% 54% 54%


Cases by Gender 2011-2020

 

 

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Case Counts and Percentages by Year and Age Category (2011-2020)
Year <55 Years of Age % <55 Years of Age = 55 Years of Age % =55 Years of Age Total Cases
2011 4  22% 14 78% 18
2012 6  27% 16 73% 22
2013 1 7% 13 93% 14
2014 5 19% 22 81% 27
2015 2 10% 18 90% 20
2016 6  18% 27 82% 33
2017 3 12% 22 88% 25
2018 4  11% 32 89% 36
2019 4 9% 42 91% 46
2020 9  22%  32 78%  41 
Total  44 16% 238 84% 282

 

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