Table 1.
Prevalence of reported Foodborne Diseases by demographic characteristics of study population: 2009–2013
| Characteristics of patients | 2009 (N = 118) | 2010 (N = 22) | 2011 (N = 608) | 2012 (N = 498) | 2013 (N = 345) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
| Sex | X2 = 0.57 | X2 = 4.05 | X2 = 11.32 | X2 = 38.56 | X2 = 5.36 | |||||
| P = 0.901 | P = 0.256 | P = 0.010 | P < 0.001 | P = 0.373 | ||||||
| Male | 55 | (46.6) | 12 | (54.5) | 364 | (59.9) | 285 | (57.2) | 154 | (44.6) |
| Female | 63 | (53.4) | 10 | (45.5) | 244 | (40.1) | 213 | (42.8) | 191 | (55.4) |
| Age (years) | X2 = 22.34 | X2 = 14.09 | X2 = 20.78 | X2 = 69.30 | X2 = 61.09 | |||||
| P = 0.099 | P = 0.519 | P = 0.144 | P < 0.001 | P < 0.001 | ||||||
| <5 | 11 | (9.3) | 1 | (4.5) | 14 | ( 6.3) | 16 | (3.2) | 47 | (13.6) |
| 5-14 | 19 | (16.1) | 2 | (9.1) | 42 | (15.2) | 28 | (5.6) | 35 | (10.1) |
| 15-24 | 28 | (23.7) | 4 | (18.2) | 191 | (53.8) | 174 | (34.9) | 84 | (24.3) |
| 25-34 | 20 | (17.0) | 4 | (18.2) | 171 | (16.0) | 130 | (26.1) | 71 | (20.6) |
| 35-44 | 15 | (13.6) | 8 | (36.4) | 96 | (13.7) | 72 | (14.5) | 44 | (12.8) |
| >45 | 24 | (20.3) | 3 | (13.6) | 94 | (10.9) | 78 | (15.7) | 64 | (18.6) |
| Place of residence | X2 = 52.22 | X2 = 15.09 | X2 = 34.01 | X2 = 57.64 | X2 = 46.53 | |||||
| P = 0.039 | P = 0.655 | P = 0.419 | P = 0.562 | P = 0.899 | ||||||
| Nima | 7 | (5.9) | 3 | (13.6) | 93 | (15.3) | 72 | (14.4) | 39 | (11.3) |
| Maamobi | 4 | (3.4) | 5 | (22.7) | 14 | (2.3) | 37 | (7.4) | 17 | (4.9) |
| Kanda | 1 | (0.8) | 0 | (0) | 12 | (2.0) | 17 | (3.4) | 20 | (5.8) |
| Accra Newtown | 6 | (5.1) | 2 | (9.1) | 11 | (1.8) | 29 | (5.8) | 19 | (5.5) |
| Kotobabi | 1 | (0.8) | 0 | (0) | 13 | (2.1) | 12 | (2.4) | 2 | (0.6) |
| Osu | 14 | (11.9) | 2 | (9.1) | 19 | (3.1) | 15 | (3.0) | 14 | (4.1) |
| La | 7 | (5.9) | 0 | (0) | 12 | (2.0) | 10 | (2.0) | 8 | (2.3) |
| Adabraka | 28 | (23.7) | 2 | (9.1) | 229 | (37.7) | 88 | (17.7) | 78 | (22.6) |
| Airport residential | 2 | (1.7) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 10 | (2.0) | 4 | (1.2) |
| Legon | 2 | (1.7) | 0 | (0) | 5 | (0.8) | 14 | (2.8) | 3 | (0.9) |
| Achimota | 4 | (3.4) | 0 | (0) | 6 | (1.0) | 7 | (1.4) | 10 | (2.9) |
| Central Accra. | 9 | (7.6) | 3 | (13.6) | 10 | (1.6) | 26 | (5.2) | 25 | (7.2) |
| Others | 33 | (28.0) | 5 | (22.7) | 184 | (30.3) | 161 | (32.3) | 106 | (30.7) |