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. 2019 Jan 10;24(2):1800663. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.2.1800663

Table 1. Key features of reported and confirmed measles cases, Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, 6 February–3 November 2018.

Variable Notified casesa
N = 7,602
Confirmed cases
N = 1,631
n % Incidence per 100,000 inhabitants n % Incidence per 100,000 inhabitants
Sanitary district
East 2,454 32.3 460.1 525 32.2 98.4
North 2,753 36.2 461.5 506 31.0 84.8
West 1,011 13.3 211.3 290 17.8 60.6
South 1,325 17.4 253.4 270 16.6 51.6
Rural 59 0.8 418.2 40 2.5 283.5
Sex
Female 3,385 44.5 355.2 755 46.3 79.2
Male 4,217 55.5 463.9 876 53.7 96.4
Age group
< 6 months 549 7.2 2828.6b 203 12.5 1003.9b
6–11.9  months 578 7.6 2828.6b 197 12.1 1003.9b
1–4 years 746 9.8 489.9 267 16.4 175.3
5–9 years 314 4.1 160.1 100 6.1 51.0
10–14 years 355 4.7 166.3 116 7.1 54.4
15–19 years 1,770 23.3 853.1 225 13.8 108.4
20–29 years 2,021 26.6 467.3 332 20.4 76.8
30–39 years 830 10.9 229.0 101 6.2 27.9
40–49 years 319 4.2 113.8 61 3.7 21.8
50 + years 120 1.6 42.8 29 1.8 10.3
Pregnancy
No 3,299 97.5 NA 744 98.5 NA
Yes 86 2.5 NA 11 1.5 NA
Admitted to hospital
No 6,289 88.4 NA 1,164 71.9 NA
Yes 823 11.6 NA 455 28.1 NA
Vaccination status
No 5,411 75.0 NA 1,288 82.9 NA
Yes 1,801 25.0 NA 265 17.1 NA
Signs and symptoms
Cough
No 494 6.5 NA 48 2.9 NA
Yes 7,101 93.5 NA 1582 97.1 NA
Coryza
No 1,773 23.4 NA 235 14.4 NA
Yes 5,809 76.6 NA 1,393 85.6 NA
Conjunctivitis
No 3,188 42 NA 509 31.4 NA
Yes 4,385 58 NA 1,114 68.6 NA

NA: not applicable.

a Includes confirmed cases and those under investigation.

b Incidence based on all infants < 1 year.

Source: Municipal Health Secretariat of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. Data extracted on 6 November 2018.