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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jun 26.
Published in final edited form as: Vaccine. 2014 Feb 13;32(16):1798–1807. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.01.089

Table 3.

Confirmed measles cases by sex, setting, age group, and vaccination status, seven southern African countries, 2009–2011.

Country Year Annual Incidence per 1 milliona Casesb Male
Settingc
Age Group
Vaccination Status
n n % Urban Rural <9 M 9M–4Y 5–9Y 10–14Y ≥15 Y 1 dose ≥2 doses None Missing
n % n % n % n % n % n % n % n % n % n % n %
Botswana 2009 137 271 126 47 129 48 139 52 25 9 30 11 30 11 75 28 109 41 35 13 14 5 3 1 219 81
2010 454 912 454 50 223 24 689 76 100 11 89 10 118 13 245 27 357 39 206 23 173 19 11 1 522 57
2011 3 7 3 43 2 29 5 71 2 29 0 0 3 43 1 14 1 14 1 14 2 29 1 14 3 43
Total 1190 583 49 354 30 833 70 127 11 119 10 151 13 321 27 467 39 242 20 189 16 15 1 744 63
Lesotho 2009 11 23 NA NA NA NA NA NA 0 0 3 13 8 35 9 39 3 13 1 4 2 9 0 0 20 87
2010 1112 2415 1108 48 NA NA NA NA 162 7 489 20 714 30 708 29 338 14 70 3 123 5 48 2 2174 90
2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 2438 1108 48 NA NA NA NA 162 7 492 20 722 30 717 29 341 14 71 3 125 5 48 2 2194 90
Malawi 2009 1 17 11 65 1 6 16 94 3 18 6 35 7 41 1 6 0 0 3 18 0 0 14 82 0 0
2010 7293 108,679 54,746 51 81 22 287 78 14,566 14 29,822 28 16,663 16 16,087 15 30,244 28 48 <1 1 <1 266 <1 108,364 100
2011 1 21 7 33 0 0 21 100 5 24 4 19 4 19 2 10 6 29 4 19 0 0 4 19 13 62
Total 108,717 54,764 51 82 20 324 80 14,574 14 29,832 28 16,674 16 16,090 15 30,250 28 55 <1 1 <1 284 <1 108,377 100
Namibia 2009 910 2041 1057 52 1179 94 75 6 407 20 427 21 170 8 119 6 889 44 92 5 20 1 628 31 1301 64
2010 632 1442 708 49 76 13 513 87 77 5 418 29 340 24 194 14 405 28 290 20 56 4 408 28 688 48
2011 37 87 43 49 69 79 18 21 10 11 25 29 19 22 10 11 23 26 26 30 3 3 8 9 50 57
Total 3570 1808 51 1324 69 606 31 494 14 870 25 529 15 323 9 1317 37 408 11 79 2 1044 29 2,039 57
South Africa 2009 134 6646 3450 54 1384 90 146 10 1576 24 1498 23 521 8 685 10 2366 36 18 <1 17 <1 105 2 6,506 98
2010 237 11,904 808 52 NA NA NA NA 4344 36 2477 21 1005 8 1723 14 2355 20 NA NA NA NA NA NA 11,904 100
2011 3 150 74 52 NA NA NA NA 35 23 53 35 9 6 21 14 32 21 NA NA NA NA NA NA 150 100
Total 18,700 4332 53 1384 90 146 10 5955 32 4028 22 1535 8 2429 13 4753 25 18 <1 17 <1 105 1 18,560 99
Swaziland 2009 15 17 13 76 0 0 17 100 5 29 1 6 0 0 9 53 2 12 1 6 0 0 0 0 16 94
2010 386 458 244 53 22 5 436 95 67 15 69 15 71 16 167 36 84 18 9 2 11 2 41 9 397 87
2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 475 257 54 22 5 453 95 72 15 70 15 71 15 176 37 86 18 10 2 11 2 41 9 413 87
Zimbabwe 2009 45 564 233 46 77 17 379 83 26 5 212 38 196 35 110 20 20 4 11 2 9 2 541 96 3 <1
2010 710 8924 3978 45 5164 58 3760 42 859 11 2522 33 1743 23 1316 17 1184 16 711 8 388 4 5907 66 1,918 21
2011 0 2 2 100 0 0 2 100 0 0 2 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50 1 50 0 0 0 0
Total 9,490 4213 45 5241 56 4141 44 885 11 2736 33 1939 24 1426 17 1204 15 723 8 398 4 6448 68 1,921 20
Total 144,580 67,065 51 8407 56 6503 44 22,269 16 38,147 27 21,621 15 21,482 15 38,418 27 1527 1 820 1 7985 6 134,248 93

M: months, Y: years, NA: not available.

Data: Case-based surveillance data. 2009 and 2010 data from South Africa include measles case-based surveillance data and measles laboratory data.

a

Annual measles incidence was calculated using confirmed measles cases as reported by countries using measles case-based surveillance to the World Health Organization (WHO) African Regional Office and population estimates from the United Nations Population Division.

b

Confirmed by laboratory testing, epidemiological link, or clinically compatible as reported by countries using measles case-based surveillance to the WHO African Regional Office.

c

Setting classification reported as either urban or rural; percents are of those without a missing value.