Table 1.
Characteristics of Buruli ulcer cases (total, included and excluded for analysis) notified to the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services from 2011 to 2017.
| Total Notifications | Included for Analysis | Excluded for Analysis | P-Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| no. | % | no. | % | no. | % | ||
| Sex | 0.15 | ||||||
| Female | 391 | 44.6 | 305 | 43.4 | 86 | 49.4 | |
| Male | 486 | 55.4 | 398 | 56.6 | 88 | 50.6 | |
| Age group | 0.95 | ||||||
| <15 years | 96 | 11.0 | 77 | 11.0 | 19 | 10.9 | |
| 15–65 years | 495 | 56.4 | 395 | 56.2 | 100 | 57.5 | |
| >65 years | 286 | 32.6 | 231 | 32.9 | 55 | 31.6 | |
| Residential location | <0.001 | ||||||
| Bellarine Peninsula | 184 | 21.0 | 113 | 16.1 | 71 | 40.8 | |
| Mornington Peninsula | 245 | 27.9 | 198 | 28.2 | 47 | 27.0 | |
| South-East Bayside | 63 | 7.2 | 52 | 7.4 | 11 | 6.3 | |
| Frankston Area | 75 | 8.6 | 58 | 8.3 | 17 | 9.8 | |
| Non-endemic | 310 | 35.4 | 282 | 40.1 | 28 | 16.1 | |
| Lesion location | <0.001 | ||||||
| Upper Limb | 199 | 22.7 | 167 | 23.8 | 32 | 18.4 | |
| Lower Limb | 515 | 58.7 | 425 | 60.5 | 90 | 51.7 | |
| Other * | 104 | 11.9 | 91 | 12.9 | 13 | 7.5 | |
| Unknown | 59 | 6.7 | 20 | 2.8 | 39 | 22.4 | |
| Manifestation | <0.001 | ||||||
| Ulcer | 644 | 73.4 | 549 | 78.1 | 95 | 54.6 | |
| Non-ulcer † | 154 | 17.6 | 138 | 19.6 | 16 | 9.2 | |
| Unknown | 79 | 9.0 | 16 | 2.3 | 63 | 36.2 | |
| WHO lesion category | <0.001 | ||||||
| I | 619 | 70.6 | 539 | 76.7 | 80 | 46.0 | |
| II | 110 | 12.5 | 91 | 12.9 | 29 | 10.9 | |
| III | 60 | 6.8 | 55 | 7.8 | 5 | 2.9 | |
| Unknown | 88 | 10.0 | 18 | 2.6 | 70 | 40.2 | |
* includes lesions on areas of the body other than limbs, and lesions in multiple locations (including limbs). † includes all non-ulcerative Buruli ulcer manifestations.