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The pattern of tetanus admissions and case-fatality in Jimma University Teaching Hospital from July 1996 to August 2009
| Year of admission | Deaths/Number admitted |
Case-fatality rate (%) |
Admission per year (mean) |
| 1996–99 | 8/37 | 21 | 9.25 |
| 2000–02 | 9/29 | 31 | 9.66 |
| 2003–04 | 8/18 | 44 | 9.0 |
| 2005–06 | 15/32 | 47 | 16.0 |
| 2007–08 | 21/41 | 51 | 20.5 |
