Table 3.
Measles cases, presentation of complications, and hospitalization by age group.
| All cases, n= 3,690 | Age group (years) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <1 | 1–4 | 5–9 | 10–14 | 15–19 | ≥20 | Total | |
| n (%a) | |||||||
| Measles-negative cases | 165 (4.5) | 1067 (28.9) | 820 (22.2) | 346 (9.4) | 123 (3.3) | 207 (5.6) | 2728 (73.9) |
| Confirmed measles cases | 97 (2.6) | 460 (12.4) | 219 (5.9) | 73 (2.0) | 33 (0.9) | 80 (2.2) | 962 (26.1) |
| n (%b) | |||||||
| Without complications | 24 (24.7) | 208 (45.1) | 125 (57.1) | 53 (72.6) | 25 (75.8) | 47 (58.8) | 482 (50.1) |
| With complications | 73 (75.3) | 252 (54.9) | 94 (42.9) | 20 (27.4) | 8 (24.2) | 33 (41.2) | 480 (49.9) |
| Types of complications (%b) | |||||||
| Pneumonia | 19 (19.6) | 94 (20.4) | 42 (19.2) | 5 (6.8) | 2 (6.1) | 16 (20.0) | 178 (18.5) |
| Diarrhoea | 49 (50.5) | 223 (48.5) | 91 (41.6) | 18 (24.7) | 5 (15.2) | 20 (25.0) | 406 (42.2) |
| Otitis media | 6 (6.2) | 26 (5.7) | 10 (4.6) | 5 (6.8) | 3 (9.1) | 7 (8.8) | 57 (5.9) |
| Hospitalized (%b) | |||||||
| Hospitalized | 74 (76.3) | 253 (55.0) | 100 (45.7) | 20 (27.4) | 8 (24.2) | 16 (20.0) | 471 (49.0) |
| Not hospitalized | 15 (15.5) | 120 (26.1) | 100 (45.7) | 30 (41.1) | 15 (45.5) | 36 (45.0) | 316 (32.8) |
| Without information | 8 (8.2) | 87 (18.9) | 19 (8.7) | 23 (31.5) | 10 (30.3) | 28 (35.0) | 175 (18.2) |
a
Percentage calculated based on the total number of cases studied.
b
Percentage calculated based on the number of confirmed measles cases by age group.