Table 1.
Age | First Outbreak (1986) |
Second Outbreak (1990) |
Third Outbreak (1993) |
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Cases |
No. of PYR | Incidence per 1000 PYR | Cases |
No. of PYR | Incidence per 1000 PYR | Cases |
No. of PYR | Incidence per 1000 PYR | ||||
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |||||||
0–5 mo | 97 | 7 | 582 | 166.6 | 68 | 6 | 557 | 122.1 | 38 | 4 | 575 | 66.1 |
6–23 mo | 246 | 18 | 1443 | 170.5 | 144 | 12 | 1700 | 84.7 | 58 | 7 | 1598 | 36.3 |
2–4 y | 492 | 35 | 2530 | 194.5 | 348 | 30 | 2850 | 122.1 | 241 | 27 | 2969 | 81.2 |
5–14 y | 570 | 40 | 6481 | 88 | 612 | 52 | 7422 | 82.5 | 555 | 62 | 7811 | 71.1 |
Total (0–14 y) | 1405 | 100 | 11 036 | 127.3 | 1172 | 100 | 12 529 | 93.5 | 892 | 100 | 12 953 | 68.9 |
Girls | 721 | 5395 | 133.6 | 580 | 6093 | 95.2 | 462 | 6276 | 73.6 | |||
Boys | 684 | 5641 | 121.3 | 592 | 6436 | 92.0 | 430 | 6677 | 64.4 | |||
Relative risk (girls/boys) (95% confidence interval) | 1.1 (1.0, 1.2) | 1.0 (.9, 1.2) | 1.1 (1.0, 1.3) |
Reproduced with permission from Preziosi et al [2].
Abbreviation: PYR, person-years at risk.