Table 1. Confirmed measles cases and incidence rates (per 1,000,000 population) by age group, gender and reporting province or territory1, Canada, 2015.
Age group | M | F | BC | MB | ON | QC | CA | Overall incidence rate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
<1 year | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12.9 |
1 to 4 years | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 11.6 |
5 to 9 years | 22 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 35 | 17.9 |
10 to 14 years | 30 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 55 | 29.5 |
15 to 19 years | 19 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 39 | 18.6 |
20 to 24 years | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 5.7 |
25 to 29 years | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 3.2 |
30 to 39 years | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 2.9 |
40 to 59 years | 4 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0.7 |
60 years or more | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Total | 108 | 88 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 163 | 196 | 5.5 |
Incidence rate: | 6.1 | 4.9 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 19.7 | 5.5 |
Abbreviations: M, Male; F, Female; BC, British Columbia; MB, Manitoba; ON, Ontario; QC, Quebec; CA, Canada 1 Only provinces and territories with confirmed cases were included. No cases of measles were reported in Alberta, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan and Yukon. 2 This count reflects one case of measles in a visitor to BC who was exposed on a flight to Canada and experienced the course of disease in Canada. This case is not reflected in BC’s provincial case count.