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E-cigarette/Vaping-Associated Lung Injury (EVALI) Update Report, February 12, 2020

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

Table of Contents

Cases reported

Massachusetts cases* that meet the CDC definition of EVALI.

Confirmed42
Probable80

Statistics

Statistics based on above confirmed and probable cases:

GenderNumber of Confirmed
and Probable Cases
Percentage**
Male6251%
Female6049%
AgeNumber of Confirmed
and Probable Cases
Percentage**
Under age 305545%
Ages 30-494033%
Ages 50+2722%
Did this case result
in hospitalization?
Number of Confirmed
and Probable Cases
Percentage**
Yes, patient was hospitalized10586%
No, patient was not hospitalized1714%
Substance reported
to have been vaped*
Number of Confirmed
and Probable Cases
Percentage**
Nicotine only 4234%
THC only4234%
Nicotine and THC3025%
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 are suppressed for privacy reasons or to prevent back calculations.

Date published: February 12, 2020

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