TABLE 2. Characteristics of laboratory-confirmed Zika cases in 19 Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) member states, 1 October 2015–29 December 2016.
Characteristics | Confirmed cases (n = 1 447) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Sex (%) | ||||
Male | 237 (16.0) | |||
Female | 1 200 (83.0) | |||
Pregnant (%) | ||||
Yes | 614 (51.0) | |||
Unknown | 10 (1.0) | |||
Median age, years (IQRa) | ||||
All patients | 30 (15) | |||
Pregnant women | 28 (9) | |||
Childrenb | 7.5 (8) | |||
Age group, years (%) | ||||
0–4 | 55 (4.0) | |||
5–9 | 48 (3.0) | |||
10–14 | 44 (3.0) | |||
15–19 | 66 (5.0) | |||
20–24 | 188 (13.0) | |||
25–29 | 264 (18.0) | |||
30–34 | 248 (17.0) | |||
35–39 | 156 (11.0) | |||
40–44 | 93 (6.0) | |||
45–49 | 54 (4.0) | |||
50–54 | 59 (4.0) | |||
55–59 | 33 (2.0) | |||
60–64 | 24 (2.0) | |||
≥ 65 | 115 (8.0) |
Source: CARPHA laboratory and surveillance data 2015–2016.
IQR: interquartile range.
16 years or younger.