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Vaping-Associated Pulmonary Injury Weekly Update Report, December 18, 2019

Massachusetts cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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Cases reported

Massachusetts cases* that meet the CDC definition of vaping-associated pulmonary injury.

Confirmed 31
Probable 68

Statistics

Statistics based on above confirmed and probable cases:

Gender Number of Confirmed
and Probable Cases
Percentage**
Male 48 48%
Female 51 52%
Age Number of Confirmed
and Probable Cases
Percentage**
Under age 30 45 46%
Ages 30-49 31 31%
Ages 50+ 23 23%
Did this case result
in hospitalization?
Number of Confirmed
and Probable Cases
Percentage**
Yes, patient was hospitalized 82 83%
No, patient was not hospitalized 17 17%
Substance reported
to have been vaped*
Number of Confirmed
and Probable Cases
Percentage**
Nicotine only  31 31%
THC only 37 37%
Nicotine and THC 23 23%
CBD <5***  
Other/Unknown ***  

* Investigations of confirmed and probable cases are ongoing, so these data are subject to change.

** Due to rounding, in some cases total may not add up to exactly 100 percent.

*** Numbers under 5 are suppressed for privacy reasons.

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Date published: December 18, 2019

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