Table 3. Distribution of the number of MRSA infections acquired abroad in the study period, 2006–2015.
| Continent | Country | No. of cases | Gender (%) | Age groups (%) | Reason for being abroad (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | M | 0–19 | 20–39 | 40–69 | ≥70 | Home visit | Infected before immigration | Study/Work/ Long-term stay/ business | Tourism | |||
| Asia | 593 | 36.4* | 63.2 | 28.2 | 37.9 | 31.7 | 2.2 | 33.9 | 13.2 | 7.9 | 36.6 | |
| Philippines | 185 | 31.3† | 67.6 | 20.5 | 41.1 | 36.8 | 1.6 | 28.1 | 10.3 | 8.1 | 43.8 | |
| Thailand | 71 | 29.6 | 70.4 | 15.5 | 45.1 | 36.6 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 5.6 | 85.9 | |
| India | 57 | 49.1 | 50.9 | 21.0 | 43.9 | 35.1 | 0.0 | 47.4 | 5.3 | 10.5 | 24.6 | |
| Sri Lanka | 51 | 47.1 | 52.9 | 41.2 | 29.4 | 27.4 | 2.0 | 76.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 17.6 | |
| Pakistan | 40 | 42.5 | 57.5 | 35.0 | 22.5 | 32.5 | 10.0 | 90.0 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | |
| Europe | 341 | 41.9‡ | 57.8 | 21.7 | 32.2 | 31.4 | 14.7 | 11.4 | 10.3 | 9.4 | 57.2 | |
| Spain | 80 | 40.0 | 60.0 | 10.0 | 22.5 | 35.0 | 32.5 | 1.2 | 3.8 | 17.5 | 71.2 | |
| Greece | 48 | 52.1 | 47.9 | 27.1 | 25.0 | 37.5 | 10.4 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 93.8 | |
| Turkey | 26 | 46.1 | 53.9 | 42.3 | 23.0 | 27.0 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 84.6 | |
| Poland | 25 | 32.0 | 68.0 | 12.0 | 68.0 | 20.0 | 0.00 | 40.0 | 36.0 | 4.0 | 8.0 | |
| Great Britain | 16 | 43.7 | 56.3 | 18.7 | 31.3 | 31.3 | 18.7 | 0.0 | 18.8 | 31.2 | 25.0 | |
| Africa | 131 | 34.4 | 65.6 | 26.0 | 48.1 | 22.1 | 3.8 | 15.3 | 39.7 | 7.6 | 26.7 | |
| Egypt | 24 | 33.3 | 66. 7 | 16.7 | 25.0 | 54.2 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 79.2 | |
| Eritrea | 21 | 33.3 | 66. 7 | 28.6 | 66.6 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 90.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Ethiopia | 15 | 46.7 | 53.3 | 33.3 | 40.0 | 26.7 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 6.7 | |
| Somalia | 14 | 35.7 | 64.3 | 42.9 | 50.0 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 35.7 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 7.1 | |
| Central and South America | 101 | 48.5§ | 50.5 | 16.8 | 42.6 | 38.6 | 2.0 | 15.8 | 5.0 | 12.9 | 49.5 | |
| Brazil | 31 | 41.9 | 58.1 | 25.8 | 35.5 | 35.5 | 3.2 | 9.7 | 6.5 | 29.0 | 38.7 | |
| Cuba | 24 | 33.3 | 66.7 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 62.5 | 0.0 | 20.8 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 66.7 | |
| North America | 81 | 51.9 | 48.1 | 18.5 | 43.2 | 24.7 | 13.6 | 4.9 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 43.2 | |
| Oceania | 16 | 68.7 | 31.3 | 18.8 | 43.7 | 37.5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 43.8 | |
| Unknown | 107 | 32.7¶ | 66.4 | 22.4 | 45.8 | 28.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 41.1 | 10.3 | 20.6 | |
The countries with the highest percentage of cases acquired in their territories are reported for Asia, Europe, Africa, and Central and South America. Some of the notified cases have missing information in the dataset, thus some of the reported proportions do not add up to 100%.
* 2 cases (0.4% of the total) were reported with the variable gender undefined.
† 2 cases (1.1%) were reported with the variable gender undefined.
‡ 1 case (0.3%) was reported with the variable gender undefined.
§ 1 case (1.0%) was reported with the variable gender undefined.
¶ 1 case (0.9%) was reported with the variable gender undefined.