Table 2. Demographics of measles cases, Germany, 2007–2011.
| Demographic | Mandatory notification data |
ASHIP data on outpatients (n = 8653) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All cases (n = 4440) | Outpatients (n = 3364) | ||
| Males, no. (%) | 2151 (48) | 1646 (49) | 3828 (44) |
| Age (years) | |||
| Median | 14 | 11 | 15 |
| 25th percentile | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 75th percentile | 20 | 16 | 37 |
| Complications, no. (%) | |||
| Pneumonia | 85 (1.9) | 21 (0.6) | 173 (2.0) |
| Otitis media | 71 (1.6) | 44 (1.3) | 678 (7.8) |
| Encephalitis | 4 (0.1) | NAa | NAa |
ASHIP: Associations of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians; NA: not applicable.
a Not calculated because the majority of cases require hospitalization.