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. 2021 Jul 23;15(7):e0009608. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009608

Table 1. Seroprevalence of rubella among pregnant women from six surveillance sites, by selected socio-demographic characteristics, India, 2019–20.

Socio-demographic characteristics No. tested Positive Negative Indeterminate
No. % (95% CI) No. % (95% CI) No. % (95% CI)
Age group
16–19 87 69 79.3 (69.7, 86.5) 17 19.5 (12.6, 29.1) 1 1.1 (0.2, 6.2)
20–24 687 553 80.5 (77.4, 83.3) 128 18.6 (15.9, 21.7) 6 0.9 (0.4, 1.9)
25–29 698 586 84.0 (81.0, 86.5) 109 15.6 (13.1, 18.5) 3 0.4 (0.1, 1.3)
30–34 259 219 84.6 (79.7, 88.4) 39 15.1 (11.2, 19.9) 1 0.4 (0.1, 2.2)
35–45 69 54 78.3 (67.2, 86.4) 15 21.7 (13.6, 32.8) 0 -
Education level
Illiterate 39 36 92.3 (79.7, 97.3) 3 7.7 (2.7, 20.3) 0 -
Up to 5th standard 79 68 86.1 (76.8, 92.0) 11 13.9 (8.0, 23.2) 0 -
6th to 10th standard 483 406 84.1 (80.5, 87.1) 73 15.1 (12.2, 18.6) 4 0.8 (0.3, 2.1)
11th standard to Graduate 1012 811 80.1 (77.6, 82.5) 194 19.2 (16.9, 21.7) 7 0.7 (0.3, 1.4)
Postgraduate 187 160 85.6 (79.8, 89.9) 27 14.4 (10.1, 20.2) 0 -
Place of residence
Rural area 783 612 78.2 (75.1, 80.9) 165 21.1 (18.4, 24.1) 6 0.8 (0.4, 1.7)
Urban area 1017 869 85.4 (83.1, 87.5) 143 14.1 (12.1, 16.3) 5 0.5 (0.2, 1.1)
Sentinel site
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar 300 243 81.0 (76.2, 85.0) 53 17.7 (13.8, 22.4) 4 1.3 (0.5, 3.4)
Niloufer Hospital, Hyderabad 300 266 88.7 (84.6, 91.8) 33 11.0 (7.9, 15.0) 1 0.3 (0.06, 1.9)
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal 300 259 86.3 (82.0, 89.8) 40 13.3 (9.9, 17.6) 1 0.3 (0.06, 1.9)
Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sewagram 300 240 80.0 (75.1, 84.1) 60 20.0 (15.9, 24.9) 0 -
King Georges Medical University, Lucknow 300 266 88.7 (84.6, 91.8) 34 11.3 (8.2, 15.4) 0 -
Govt Medical college, Trivandrum 300 207 69.0 (63.6, 74.0) 88 29.3 (24.5, 34.7) 5 1.7 (0.7, 3.8)
Overall 1800 1481 82.3 (80.4, 84.0) 308 17.1 (15.4, 18.9) 11 0.6 (0.3, 1.1)