. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Infect. 2019 Jun 28;79(3):212–219. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2019.06.013

Table 2.

Botswana national incidence of adult (≥15 years) meningitis, 2013-2014.

Strata	Category	Number of cases	Person-years	Incidence (per 100,000 PYO)	95% confidence interval (per 100,000 PYO)
Underwent lumbar puncture	Overall population	4114	2,884,278	142.6	138.3 - 147.1
Underwent lumbar puncture	Known HIV-infected	3150	776,523	405.7	391.6 - 420.1
Cryptococcal meningitis	Overall population	721	2,884,278	25.0	23.2 - 26.9
Cryptococcal meningitis	Known HIV-infected	721	776,523	92.9	86.2 - 99.9
Pneumococcal meningitis (+ve culture or GPCs)	Overall population	73	2,884,278	2.7	2.4 - 3.1
Pneumococcal meningitis (+ve culture or GPCs)	Known HIV-infected	46	776,523	5.9	4.3 - 7.9
Pneumococcal meningitis (+ve culture)	Overall population	53	2,884,278	1.8	1.4 - 2.4
Pneumococcal meningitis (+ve culture)	Known HIV-infected	33	776,523	4.3	2.9 - 6.0
*Any abnormal CSF (WCC >20 or non -Cryptococcus* pathogen)**	Overall population	313	2,884,278	10.9	9.7 - 12.1
	Known HIV-infected	213	776,523	27.4	23.9 - 31.4

+ve - positive; CSF - cerebrospinal fluid; GPC - gram positive cocci; WCC - white cell count