Table 1.

Description and Notification of Acute Flaccid Paralysis Cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, by Province, 2010–2012

Province	2010					2011					2012
	AFP Cases		Notification of AFP Cases			AFP Cases		Notification of AFP Cases			AFP Cases		Notification of AFP Cases
	No. AFP Cases	% AFP Cases Aged <15 y	No. ZS in Province	% ZS Notifying ≥1 AFP Case	Among the ZS Notifying 0 AFP Cases, % With <15 y of Age Population of >50 000	No. AFP Cases	% AFP Cases Aged <15 y	No. ZS in Province	% ZS Notifying ≥1 AFP Case	Among the ZS Notifying 0 AFP Cases, % With <15 y of Age Population of >50 000	No. AFP Cases	% AFP Cases Aged <15 y	No. ZS in Province	% ZS Notifying ≥1 AFP Case	Among the ZS Notifying 0 AFP Cases, % With <15 y of Age Population of >50 000
Bandundu	271	87	52	94	33	208	73	52	94	33	167	78	52	89	83
Bas Congo	84	89	31	94	50	139	71	31	97	0	58	83	31	81	33
Equateur	197	97	69	81	15	234	93	69	81	8	312	93	69	97	100
Kasaï Occidental	299	99	44	93	0	163	91	44	98	100	161	89	44	100	N/A
Kasaï Oriental	280	99	51	100	N/A	265	92	51	100	N/A	167	92	51	94	67
Katanga	310	100	67	97	50	347	94	67	91	33	349	89	67	93	20
Kinshasa	137	93	35	91	33	268	52	35	97	0	109	74	35	89	75
Maniema	67	100	18	100	N/A	57	95	18	89	0	57	89	18	100	N/A
Nord Kivu	95	99	24	96	100	92	85	24	96	100	71	94	28	82	40
Province Orientale	301	98	83	78	50	351	94	83	84	39	289	97	83	81	50
Sud Kivu	155	99	34	88	50	149	93	34	97	100	127	91	34	100	N/A
National	2196	97	508	90	37	2273	85	508	92	29	1867	89	512	91	53

Abbreviations: AFP, acute flaccid paralysis; N/A, not applicable; ZS, zone de santé.