Table 1. Demographics of Monitored Travelers—Minnesota, October 21, 2014–May 15, 2015.
All Monitored Travelers (% of all travelers) | Monitored Travelers Requiring Ebola Clinical Team Evaluation (% of travelers requiring Ebola Clinical Team Evaluation) | |
---|---|---|
N = 783* | N = 43 | |
Age (years) | (n = 780) | (n = 43) |
Median age | 35 years | 33 years |
Age <5 years | 44 (5%) | 5 (12%) |
Age 5–17 years | 92 (12%) | 5 (12%) |
Age 18–40 years | 348 (44%) | 15 (35%) |
Age >40 years | 299 (38%) | 18 (42%) |
Female sex | 395 (51%) | 23 (54%) |
Pregnant (n = 256¶) | 13 (5%) | 3 (1%) |
Country where travel began | (n = 783) | (n = 43) |
Liberia | 729 (93%) | 39 (91%) |
Sierra Leone | 30 (4%) | 3 (7%) |
Guinea | 24 (3%) | 1 (2%) |
Exposure risk | (n = 783) | (n = 43) |
High | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Some | 11 (1%) | 3 (7%) |
Low (but not zero) | 772 (99%) | 40 (93%) |
Passport | (n = 720) | (n = 40) |
Liberia | 442(61%) | 22 (55%) |
United States | 242 (34%) | 17 (43%) |
Sierra Leone | 16 (2%) | 1 (3%) |
Guinea | 11 (2%) | 0 (0%) |
India | 4 (1%) | 0 (0%) |
Lebanon | 2 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
France | 1 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Spain | 1 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
United Kingdom | 1 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Location during monitoring | (n = 771) | (n = 42) |
7-county Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area§ | 710 (92%) | 38 (93%) |
Within 30 mile drive of EATU | 724 (94%) | 38 (93%) |
* Total number of monitored travelers was 783. Different denominators noted when data elements missing.
¶ Women of reproductive age (15–49) per World Health Organization definition.
§ The statistical metropolitan area of Minneapolis-St. Paul includes the 7 counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington with a total population of 2,952,932 per 2013 U.S. Census. The population of the state of Minnesota is 5,420,380 per 2013 U.S. Census.