Table 1.
Number of death-alert calls to the 117 call system by province and district, September 2014 through December 2016, Sierra Leone
| 2014 (epi weeks) | 2015 (epi weeks) | 2016 (epi weeks) | Total | ||||||||
| 36–39 | 40–52 | 1–13 | 14–26 | 27–39 | 40–52 | 1–13 | 14–26 | 27–39 | 40–52 | ||
| Western area | |||||||||||
| Western urban | 3291 | 47 580 | 10 277 | 8612 | 8297 | 4641 | 2447 | 2109 | 1555 | 1284 | 90 093 |
| Western rural | 1311 | 27 657 | 7191 | 7184 | 7420 | 3989 | 2200 | 1548 | 1065 | 433 | 59 998 |
| Subtotal | 4602 (77%) | 75 237 (83%) | 17 468 (56%) | 15 796 (46%) | 15 717 (47%) | 8630 (45%) |
4647 (42%) | 3657 (34%) | 2620 (39%) | 1717 (31%) | 1 50 091 (60%) |
| Northern province | |||||||||||
| Port Loko | 447 | 4628 | 2259 | 2658 | 3550 | 2010 | 681 | 781 | 196 | 107 | 17 317 |
| Kambia | 36 | 309 | 543 | 1518 | 1823 | 933 | 931 | 711 | 368 | 304 | 7476 |
| Bombali | 267 | 2113 | 2194 | 2628 | 2143 | 1469 | 1006 | 995 | 749 | 781 | 14 345 |
| Tonkolili | 53 | 440 | 1015 | 1252 | 809 | 353 | 68 | 179 | 204 | 357 | 4730 |
| Koinadugu | 16 | 121 | 301 | 476 | 292 | 124 | 13 | 236 | 127 | 107 | 1813 |
| Subtotal | 819 (14%) | 7611 (8%) | 6312 (20%) | 8532 (25%) | 8617 (26%) | 4889 (25%) | 2699 (25%) | 2902 (27%) | 1644 (24%) | 1656 (30%) | 45 681 (18%) |
| Eastern province | |||||||||||
| Kailahun | 46 | 307 | 353 | 641 | 566 | 168 | 20 | 139 | 188 | 150 | 2578 |
| Kenema | 224 | 2068 | 699 | 742 | 508 | 206 | 99 | 417 | 652 | 473 | 6088 |
| Kono | 89 | 1407 | 1398 | 2539 | 2370 | 1445 | 941 | 929 | 246 | 290 | 11 654 |
| Subtotal | 359 (6%) | 3782 (4%) | 2450 (8%) | 3922 (11%) | 3444 (10%) | 1819 (9%) | 1060 (10%) | 1485 (14%) | 1086 (16%) | 913 (17%) | 20 320 (8%) |
| Southern province | |||||||||||
| Bo | 121 | 2653 | 3141 | 3687 | 3182 | 2174 | 1419 | 1708 | 929 | 632 | 19 646 |
| Moyamba | 73 | 619 | 1375 | 2142 | 2140 | 1547 | 1138 | 942 | 185 | 286 | 10 447 |
| Pujehun | 15 | 59 | 184 | 282 | 243 | 125 | 4 | 31 | 147 | 109 | 1199 |
| Bonthe | 3 | 256 | 194 | 243 | 243 | 124 | 24 | 36 | 125 | 157 | 1405 |
| Subtotal | 212 (4%) | 3587 (4%) | 4894 (16%) | 6354 (18%) | 5808 (17%) | 3970 (21%) | 2585 (24%) | 2717 (25%) | 1386 (21%) | 1184 (22%) | 32 697 (13%) |
| National | |||||||||||
| Total | 5992 (100%) | 90 217(100%) | 31 124 (100%) | 34 604 (100%) | 33 586 (100%) | 19 308 (100%) | 10 991 (100%) | 10 761 (100%) | 6736 (100%) | 5470 (100%) | 248 789 (100%) |