Table.

Characteristics and outcome of all cases and confirmed cases between Jan 1 and June 30, 2015, by serogroup

	All cases (n=9367)	Confirmed cases
		All (n=1603)*	NmC (n=1147)	NmW (n=236)	Streptococcus pneumoniae (n=121)
Age group, years†
<1	376 (4·2%)	61 (4·0%)	22 (2·0%)	14 (6·1%)	18 (15·4%)
1–4	1666 (18·5%)	294 (19·3%)	172 (15·9%)	76 (33·0%)	19 (16·2%)
5–9	1694 (18·8%)	396 (26·0%)	304 (28·1%)	60 (26·1%)	16 (13·7%)
10–14	1875 (20·8%)	393 (25·8%)	309 (28·6%)	46 (20·0%)	21 (17·9%)
15–29	2562 (28·4%)	305 (20·0%)	236 (21·8%)	27 (11·7%)	21 (17·9%)
≥30	855 (9·5%)	76 (5·0%)	39 (3·6%)	7 (3·0%)	22 (18·8%)
Male sex	4917 (52·5%)‡	994 (62·0%)	715 (62·3%)	138 (58·5%)	81 (66·9%)
Known outcome	2224 (23·7%)	603 (37·6%)	428 (37·3%)	106 (44·9%)	50 (41·3%)
Deaths	549 (24·7%)	137 (22·7%)	92 (21·5%)	19 (17·9%)	18 (36·0%)
Case fatality rate among all reported cases	5·9%	8·5%	8·0%	8·1%	14·9%

NmC=Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C. NmW=N meningitidis serogroup W. NmX=N meningitidis serogroup X.

^*Includes all cases confirmed as NmC, NmW, NmX, indeterminant N meningitidis, S pneumoniae, and Haemophilus influenzae serotype b.

^†The number of patients with known age was 9028 (all cases), 1525 (all confirmed cases), 1082 (NmC), 230 (NmW), and 117 (S pneumoniae).

^‡9366 patients had available data.