Table 1. Demographic profile of bacterial meningitis cases admitted in HBSSBM sentinel sites.

Variables	Level	Suspected cases (N = 3104)		Probable cases (N = 326)		Confirmed cases (N = 257)
		n	%	n	%	n	%
Age (months)	1–11	1738	56.0	192	58.9	142	55.3
	12–33	722	23.3	51	15.6	57	22.2
	24–35	260	8.4	22	6.7	16	6.2
	36–47	196	6.3	22	6.7	19	7.4
	49–59	188	6.1	39	12.0	23	8.9
Gender	Male	1817	58.5	210	64.4	147	57.2
	Female	1287	41.5	116	35.6	110	42.8