Table 2.
Characteristics of decedents for whom an SDB alert was raised
| Variable | EBOV status (rapid test or PCR result) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Negative (%) | Positive (%) | Unknowna (%) | |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 2793 (43.7) | 543 (54.1) | 3116 (43.1) |
| Male | 3534 (55.3) | 454 (45.3) | 3752 (51.9) |
| Unknown/missing | 60 (0.9) | 6 (0.6) | 366 (5.1) |
| Age | |||
| < 1 year old | 1195 (18.7) | 49 (4.9) | 1628 (22.5) |
| 1–4 years old | 579 (9.1) | 95 (9.5) | 728 (10.1) |
| 5–17 years old | 492 (7.7) | 122 (12.2) | 612 (8.5) |
| 18–59 years old | 2269 (35.5) | 618 (61.6) | 2401 (33.2) |
| ≥ 60 years old | 1524 (23.9) | 103 (10.3) | 1398 (19.3) |
| Unknown/missing | 328 (5.1) | 16 (1.6) | 467 (6.5) |
| Setting of death | |||
| Community | 2653 (41.5) | 191 (19.0) | 3409 (47.1) |
| ETC | 272 (4.3) | 613 (61.1) | 410 (5.7) |
| Hospital/health facility | 3462 (54.2) | 199 (19.8) | 3391 (46.9) |
| Unknown/missing | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 24 (0.3) |
| Sub-coordination hub from which the SDB team responded | |||
| Beni | 987 (15.5) | 296 (29.5) | 3227 (44.6) |
| Bunia | 1156 (18.1) | 3 (0.3) | 328 (4.5) |
| Butembo | 2744 (43.0) | 604 (60.2) | 1363 (18.8) |
| Goma | 886 (13.9) | 1 (0.1) | 352 (4.9) |
| Komanda | 30 (0.5) | 12 (1.2) | 964 (13.3) |
| Mandima | 304 (4.8) | 63 (6.3) | 717 (9.9) |
| Other | 277 (4.3) | 23 (2.3) | 281 (3.9) |
| Unknown/missing | 3 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) | 2 (0.0) |
| Totals | 6387 (43.7) | 1003 (6.9) | 7234 (49.5) |
aUnknown EBOV status typically means that the result of the test carried out on the sample collected during the SDB was not fed back to the SDB coordination team, meaning that the database instance could not be updated with a positive or negative result