Table 2.

Overall and by age group Incidence and Case-Fatality Rate (CFR) of bacterial meningitis according to the aetiology. Cuba. 1998–2003.

Streptococcus pneumoniae
Age group	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
1–5 yrs	1.6	2.8	2.9	2.0	1.9	2.3
6–11 yrs	0.3	0.9	0.9	0.6	0.2	0.7
12–14 yrs	0.4	0.6	1.1	0.5	0.4	0.7
15–18 yrs	1.4	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.3	0
Overall Incidence	0.9	1.3	1.4	0.9	0.7	1.0
Overall CFR	20.0	13.1	28. 6	26.9	15.0	30.0
Neisseria meningitidis
Age group	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
1–5 yrs	1. 1	0.8	0.9	1.2	0.7	0.5
6–11 yrs	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.3
12–14 yrs	0.2	0.8	0.6	0.7	0.9	0.4
15–18 yrs	0.5	0.6	0.9	0.1	0.1	0.1
Overall Incidence	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.3
Overall CFR	0	10.5	4.7	0	7.1	0
H. influenzae type b
Age group	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
1–5 yrs	10.7	5.7	1.6	0.5	0.6	0
6–11 yrs	0.7	0.4	0.2	0	0	0.1
12–14 yrs	0	0.2	0	0	0	0.2
15–18 yrs	0	0	0	0	0	0
Overall Incidence	3.0	1.6	0.5	0.1	0.2	0.1
Overall CFR	8.0	10.6	14.3	75.0	0	0
Unknown aetiology
Age group	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
1–5 yrs	4.6	6.2	4.7	4.3	1.3	2.2
6–11 yrs	2.7	5.6	2.1	2.6	1.9	2.8
12–14 yrs	1.2	3.4	1.1	2.2	3.0	2.1
15–18 yrs	1.7	3.0	3.4	2.3	1.2	1.7
Overall Incidence	2.7	4.8	2.9	2.9	1.8	2.3
Overall CFR	7.7	2.9	5.9	7.1	9.6	7.8