Table 2.

Characteristics of cases meeting the operational case definition of chikungunya used for chart review during the week prior to and the peak week of the epidemic, Jamaica, 2014

Characteristics of participants	Frequency
	n	%
Sex
Female	154	75.1
Male	51	24.9
Age group
15 – 24 years	46	22.4
25 – 59 years	129	62.9
60 years and older	30	14.6
Comorbidity Hypertension:
Yes	69	33.7
No	110	53.7
Diabetes:
Yes	22	10.7
No	143	69.8
Not stated	40	19.5
Pre-existing artdritis
Yes
No	151	73.7
Not stated	41	20.0

Source: Prepared by the authors from the study data.