Table 1.
Estimated mean annual numbers and rates of influenza‐like illness and influenza‐associated influenza‐like illness outpatient consultations, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2013‐2015
| Age groupa (in y) | ILI outpatient consultations | Influenza‐associated ILI outpatient consultations | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number (95% CI) | Rate (95% CI)b | Number (95% CI) | Rate (95% CI)b | |
| <1 | 309 110 (263 266‐362 206) | 11 253.6 (9584.6‐13 186.6) | 33 749 (23 567‐45 448) | 1228.7 (858.0‐1654.6) |
| 1‐4 | 1 277 708 (1 085 757‐1 497 510) | 11 718 (9957.6‐13 733.8) | 166 090 (129 997‐209 312) | 1523.2 (1192.2‐1919.6) |
| 5‐24 | 4 759 941 (4 065 403‐5 597 268) | 12 271.8 (10 481.2‐14 430.5) | 629 573 (46 2951‐828 539) | 1623.1 (1193.6‐2136.1) |
| 25‐44 | 2 421 202 (2 061 756‐2 823 498) | 13 529.6 (11 521.0‐15 777.6) | 110 390 (68 648‐157 246) | 616.9 (383.6‐878.7) |
| 45‐64 | 907 083 (773 611‐1 066 884) | 9644.1 (8225.0‐11 343.1) | 51 539 (30 516‐74 858) | 548.0 (324.4‐795.9) |
| ≥65 | 221 640 (188 487‐260 973) | 6340.0 (5391.7‐7465.1) | 11 872 (3658‐22 649) | 339.6 (104.6‐647.9) |
| <5 | 1 586 818 (1 349 023‐1 859 716) | 11 624.5 (9882.5‐13 623.7) | 199 839 (153 563‐254 759) | 1464.0 (1125.0‐1866.3) |
| ≥5 | 8 309 866 (7 089 256‐9 748 623) | 11 942.1 (10 187.9‐14 009.7) | 803 374 (565 772‐1 083 291) | 1154.5 (813.1‐1556.8) |
| All | 9 896 684 (8 438 278‐11 608 338) | 11 890.0 (10 137.9‐13 946.4) | 1 003 213 (719 335‐1 338 050) | 1205.3 (864.2‐1607.5) |
| Provincec | ||||
| Kinshasa | 1 455 563 (1 452 614‐1 458 617) | 13 156.3 (13 129.7‐13 183.9) | 147 549 (111 474‐185 755) | 1333.6 (1007.6‐1679) |
| Bas‐Congo | 550 701 (431 433‐683 879) | 10 208.0 (7997.2‐12 676.6) | 55 825 (38 516‐76 316) | 1034.8 (713.9‐1414.6) |
| Bandundu | 979 977 (767 573‐1 210 840) | 10 625.2 (8322.3‐13 128.3) | 99 339 (68 577‐138 475) | 1077.1 (743.5‐1501.4) |
| Équateur | 888 056 (725 129‐1 101 709) | 10 625.2 (8675.8‐13 181.4) | 90 021 (63 128‐122 511) | 1077.1 (755.3‐1465.8) |
| Orientale | 812 217 (693 386‐960 188) | 9234.5 (7883.4‐10 916.8) | 82 334 (59 547‐108 908) | 936.1 (677.0‐1238.2) |
| Nord‐Kivu | 536 171 (407 044‐682 561) | 8316.6 (6313.7‐10 587.3) | 54 350 (36 457‐75 453) | 843.0 (565.5‐1170.4) |
| Sud‐Kivu | 657 881 (507 210‐828 836) | 11 765.6 (9071.0‐14 823.0) | 66 688 (45 411‐93 272) | 1192.7 (812.1‐1668.1) |
| Maniema | 342 687 (289 968‐406 576) | 15 159 (12 826.9‐17 985.2) | 34 738 (24 859‐46 370) | 1536.7 (1099.6‐2051.2) |
| Katanga | 1 864 705 (1 640 879‐2 136 163) | 14 658.3 (12 898.9‐16 792.3) | 189 022 (139 343‐247 363) | 1485.9 (1095.4‐1944.5) |
| Kasaï Oriental | 1 153 151 (959 733‐1 369 800) | 15 492.8 (12 894.2‐18 403.5) | 116 892 (83 350‐156 013) | 1570.5 (1119.8‐2096.1) |
| Kasaï Occidental | 655 575 (563 312‐769,172) | 11 042.4 (9488.4‐12 955.8) | 66 455 (48 675‐87 616) | 1119.4 (819.9‐1475.8) |
ILI, influenza‐like illness; CI, confidence intervals.
a
National estimates by age group.
b
Rates expressed per 100 000 population.
c
Provincial estimates for all age groups.