Table 3.

Characteristics of chikungunya virus hospitalized cases by severity in patients aged more than 10 days—Martinique and Guadeloupe— from December 2013 to January 2015

	Nonsevere cases		Severe cases
Age groups	N	(%)	N	(%)
< 1 year	278	19	27	7.6
1–4 years	160	10.9	8	2.3
5–14 years	148	10.1	11	3.1
15–44 years	288	19.6	29	8.2
45–59 years	99	6.7	33	9.3
60–74 years	156	10.6	87	24.6
≥ 75 years	338	23.0	159	44.9
Mean age (years)	36.6		62.8
Sex
Females	808	55.1	157	44.5
Hospitalization duration
≤ 72 hours	711	48.5	70	19.9
Underlying comorbidity
≥ 1 comorbidity
Yes	670	45.7	274	77.4
Diabetes
Yes	196	13.4	102	28.8
Sickle cell anemia
Yes	62	4.3	11	3.1
Immunosuppression
Yes	21	1.4	7	2.0
Other comorbidities
Yes	570	38.9	257	72.6

^*NS cases = nonsevere cases; S cases = severe cases.