Table 2.
Characteristics of Measles Cases by Vaccination Status, Canada 2002–2013
| Number of Doses |
Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unvaccinated N = 740 n (Row%) | 1 Dose N = 98 n (Row%) | 2 Doses N = 109 n (Row %) | Unknown N = 224 n (Row %) | Alla N = 1171 n (Incidence) | Excl. QC2011a N = 493 n (Incidence) | |
| Diagnosis Typeb | ||||||
| Laboratory confirmed | 338 (58) | 61 (10) | 36 (6) | 148 (25) | 583 (0.15) | 334 (0.08) |
| Epi-linked | 400 (68) | 37 (6) | 73 (13) | 74 (13) | 584 (0.15) | 155 (0.04) |
| Sexc | ||||||
| Male | 382 (61) | 45 (7) | 67 (11) | 130 (21) | 624 (0.32) | 244 (0.12) |
| Female | 356 (65) | 53 (10) | 42 (8) | 94 (17) | 545 (0.27) | 247 (0.12) |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| <1 | 49 (88) | 2 (4) | 0 (0) | 5 (9) | 56 (1.30) | 44 (1.02) |
| 1–4 | 92 (72) | 18 (14) | 5 (4) | 13 (10) | 128 (0.74) | 71 (0.41) |
| 5–9 | 109 (86) | 5 (4) | 7 (6) | 6 (5) | 127 (0.57) | 70 (0.31) |
| 10–14 | 235 (73) | 9 (3) | 41 (13) | 35 (11) | 320 (1.31) | 72 (0.30) |
| 15–19 | 160 (59) | 14 (5) | 48 (18) | 49 (18) | 271(1.03) | 55 (0.21) |
| 20–29 | 48 (51) | 10 (11) | 7 (7) | 29 (31) | 94 (0.17) | 65 (0.12) |
| 30–39 | 25 (20) | 35 (28) | 1 (1) | 64 (51) | 125 (0.23) | 76 (0.14) |
| 40 and up | 22 (44) | 5 (10) | 0 (0) | 23 (46) | 50 (0.0.3) | 40 (0.02) |
| Importation status | ||||||
| Imported | 66 (67) | 6 (6) | 3 (3) | 24 (24) | 99 (0.02) | 98 (0.02) |
| All others | 674 (63) | 92 (9) | 106 (10) | 200 (19) | 1072 (0.27) | 395 (0.10) |
| Hospitalized | 98 (65) | 13 (9) | 4 (3) | 36 (24) | 151 (0.04) | 72 (0.02) |
a For all cases or excluding the 678 cases of the 2011 outbreak in Quebec (Excl.QC 2011). Incidence per 100 000.
b Diagnosis type is missing for 4 cases in 2003.
c Sex is missing for 2 cases in 2003.