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Vaping-Associated Pulmonary Injury Weekly Update Report, January 8, 2020

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 36
Probable 73

Statistics

Statistics based on above confirmed and probable cases:

Gender Number of Confirmed
and Probable Cases
Percentage**
Male 55 51%
Female 54 49%
Age Number of Confirmed
and Probable Cases
Percentage**
Under age 30 52 48%
Ages 30-49 33 30%
Ages 50+ 24 22%
Did this case result
in hospitalization?
Number of Confirmed
and Probable Cases
Percentage**
Yes, patient was hospitalized 92 84%
No, patient was not hospitalized 17 16%
Substance reported
to have been vaped*
Number of Confirmed
and Probable Cases
Percentage**
Nicotine only  35 32%
THC only 40 37%
Nicotine and THC 27 25%
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.

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Date published: January 8, 2020

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