Table 1.
Features of Japanese encephalitis cases at each surveillance hospital in Bangladesh, 2007–2016
| Characteristics | Rangpur |
Rajshahi |
Chittagong |
Khulna |
TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (N = 263) n (%) |
(N = 229) n (%) |
(N = 42) n (%) |
(N = 14) n (%) |
(N = 548) n (%) |
|
| Age (years) | |||||
| ≤5 | 30 (11) | 25 (11) | 12 (29) | – | 67 (12) |
| 6–15 | 57 (22) | 50 (22) | 15 (36) | 4 (29) | 126 (23) |
| 16–25 | 30 (11) | 27 (12) | 5 (12) | – | 62 (11) |
| 26–35 | 25 (10) | 19 (8) | 3 (7) | 2 (14) | 49 (9) |
| 36–45 | 27 (10) | 19 (8) | 1 (2) | 2 (14) | 49 (9) |
| 46–55 | 32 (12) | 31 (14) | 5 (12) | 2 (14) | 70 (13) |
| 56–65 | 39 (15) | 41 (18) | – | 2 (14) | 82 (15) |
| ≥66 | 23 (9) | 17 (7) | 1 (2) | 2 (14) | 43 (8) |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 162 (62) | 146 (64) | 23 (55) | 10 (71) | 341 (62) |
| Female | 101 (38) | 83 (36) | 19 (45) | 4 (29) | 207 (38) |
| Month | |||||
| Jan–Mar | 10 (4) | 5 (2) | 1 (2) | – | 16 (3) |
| Apr–Jun | 48 (18) | 15 (7) | 15 (36) | 3 (22) | 81 (15) |
| Jul–Sep | 133 (51) | 83 (36) | 9 (21) | 2 (14) | 227 (41) |
| Oct–Dec | 72 (27) | 126 (55) | 17 (41) | 9 (64) | 224 (41) |
| Year | |||||
| 2007a | – | 20 (9) | 2 (5) | 2 (14) | 24 (4) |
| 2008 | – | 11 (5) | 10 (24) | 5 (36) | 26 (5) |
| 2009 | – | 10 (4) | 2 (5) | – | 12 (2) |
| 2010 | 60 (23) | 10 (4) | 3 (7) | 3 (21) | 76 (14) |
| 2011 | 26 (10) | 39 (17) | – | 4 (29) | 69 (12) |
| 2012 | 9 (3) | 45 (20) | – | – | 54 (10) |
| 2013 | 39 (15) | 38 (17) | 4 (10) | – | 81 (15) |
| 2014 | 67 (25) | 37 (17) | 5 (12) | – | 109 (20) |
| 2015 | 44 (17) | 14 (6) | 12 (29) | – | 70 (13) |
| 2016b | 18 (7) | 5 (2) | 4 (10) | – | 27 (5) |
a
Started in September 2007.
b
As of July 2016.