Table 2. Profile of rubella cases by data source, Ontario, Canada, 2009–2014.
| Person-level entry by data Source (N = 10,269) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linked data n = 189 |
iPHIS only n = 49 |
PHOL only n = 10,031 |
p-value | ||
| Age (years) | |||||
| Median Range 0–1 1–9 10–19 20–39 40–59 60+ Unknown |
27.1 0.2–83.7 11 39 18 85 28 7 1 |
8.8 0.03–66.9 6 19 3 17 2 1 1 |
29.5 0–100 1086 502 712 6449 1048 206 28 |
0.0001 a | |
| Sex N (%) | |||||
| Female | 149 (78.8) | 36 (73.5) | 8,051 (80.3) | 0.008 b | |
| Male | 40 (21.2) | 13 (26.5) | 1645 (16.4) | ||
| Unknown | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 335 (3.3) | ||
| Any reported fever N (%) | |||||
| Yes | 41 (21.7) | 10 (20.4) | n/a | 0.85 b | |
| No | 148 (78.3) | 39 (79.6) | n/a | ||
| Any reported rash N (%) | |||||
| Yes | 56 (29.6) | 17 (34.7) | n/a | 0.49 b | |
| No | 133 (70.4) | 32 (65.3) | n/a | ||
| Any rubella immunization N (%) | |||||
| Yes | 25 (13.2) | 11 (22.4) | n/a | 0.11 b | |
| No | 164 (86.8) | 38 (77.6) | n/a | ||
a—Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test
b—Chi-square test