Table 2. Case-fatality rate among suspected cholera cases, 2008–2017, and among patients admitted to a cholera treatment center, 2015–2017, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Criterion and location	Patient age, y	No. deaths	No. (%) cases	Case-fatality rate, %
Suspected cholera cases
Overall		5,231	270,852 (100)	1.9
Hot spot health zones	Total	1,407	127,642 (100)	1.1
	<5	292	33,477 (26)	0.9
	>5	1,116	94,082 (74)	1.2
Non–hot spot health zones in hot spot provinces	Total	1,745	96,570 (100)	1.8
	<5	301	23,615 (24)	1.3
	>5	1,440	72,777 (75)	2.0
Non–hot spot provinces	Total	2,079	46,640 (100)	4.5
	<5	318	8,916 (19)	3.6
	>5	1,775	37,624 (81)	4.7
CTC admissions
Overall		267	9,076 (100)	2.9
Non–hot spot health zones in hotspot provinces	Total	3	1,294 (100)	0.2
	<5	0	357 (28)	0.0
	5–19	1	625 (48)	0.2
	20–49	1	241 (19)	0.4
	>50	1	63 (5)	1.6
Non–hot spot provinces	Total	264	7,782 (100)	3.4
	< 5	43	1,759 (23)	2.4
	5–19	68	2,442 (31)	2.8
	20–49	104	2,609 (34)	4.0
	>50	32	752 (10)	4.3