Table 1.
Population characteristics of cases identified with typhoid and paratyphoid A and B
|
Typhoid |
Paratyphoid A |
Paratyphoid B |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Characteristic |
Group |
N (1088) |
(%) |
N (729) |
(%) |
N (93) |
(%) |
|
Age group |
0–14 years |
345 |
(32 %) |
116 |
(16 %) |
28 |
(30 %) |
|
|
15–29 years |
319 |
(29 %) |
240 |
(33 %) |
36 |
(39 %) |
|
|
30–44 years |
260 |
(24 %) |
216 |
(30 %) |
15 |
(16 %) |
|
|
45–59 years |
117 |
(11 %) |
92 |
(13 %) |
6 |
(6 %) |
|
|
60+ years |
47 |
(4 %) |
65 |
(9 %) |
8 |
(9 %) |
|
Gender |
Female |
525 |
(48 %) |
360 |
(49 %) |
50 |
(54 %) |
|
|
Male |
563 |
(52 %) |
369 |
(51 %) |
43 |
(46 %) |
|
Deprivation index |
1 most deprived |
334 |
(33 %) |
226 |
(32 %) |
23 |
(26 %) |
|
(by UK postcode) |
2 |
291 |
(29 %) |
202 |
(29 %) |
20 |
(23 %) |
|
|
3 |
172 |
(17 %) |
120 |
(17 %) |
13 |
(15 %) |
|
|
4 |
117 |
(12 %) |
72 |
(10 %) |
11 |
(13 %) |
|
|
5 least deprived |
97 |
(10 %) |
79 |
(11 %) |
21 |
(24 %) |
|
|
missing |
77 |
. |
30 |
. |
5 |
. |
|
Ethnicity |
Indian |
315 |
(33 %) |
253 |
(39 %) |
1 |
(1 %) |
|
|
Pakistani |
382 |
(41 %) |
204 |
(32 %) |
9 |
(13 %) |
|
|
Bangladeshi |
78 |
(8 %) |
65 |
(10 %) |
. |
. |
|
|
White British |
57 |
(6 %) |
77 |
(12 %) |
39 |
(56 %) |
|
|
Other Asian |
30 |
(3 %) |
22 |
(3 %) |
5 |
(7 %) |
|
|
Other Mixed |
31 |
(3 %) |
19 |
(3 %) |
16 |
(7 %) |
|
|
Black African/Caribbean |
48 |
(5 %) |
6 |
(1 %) |
. |
. |
|
|
not stated |
147 |
. |
83 |
. |
23 |
. |
|
Birthplace |
UK born |
411 |
(59 %) |
295 |
(44 %) |
57 |
(76 %) |
|
|
Non-UK born |
598 |
(41 %) |
382 |
(56 %) |
18 |
(24 %) |
|
|
missing |
79 |
. |
52 |
. |
18 |
. |
|
Travel related |
Yes-direct |
1013 |
(99 %) |
701 |
(99 %) |
77 |
(99 %) |
|
|
Yes-propagated |
13 |
(1 %) |
5 |
(1 %) |
1 |
(1 %) |
|
|
No known travel |
62 |
. |
23 |
. |
15 |
. |
|
Purpose of travel |
VFR* |
770 |
(81 %) |
503 |
(76 %) |
35 |
(49 %) |
|
|
Non-VFR |
186 |
(19 %) |
159 |
(24 %) |
36 |
(51 %) |
|
|
no travel/missing |
132 |
. |
67 |
. |
22 |
. |
|
Source of infection† |
India |
384 |
(37 %) |
323 |
(45 %) |
2 |
(3 %) |
|
|
Pakistan |
417 |
(41 %) |
225 |
(32 %) |
6 |
(8 %) |
|
|
Bangladesh |
73 |
(7 %) |
70 |
(10 %) |
. |
. |
|
|
Other Asia |
37 |
(4 %) |
50 |
(7 %) |
32 |
(41 %) |
|
|
Africa |
57 |
(6 %) |
5 |
(1 %) |
. |
. |
|
|
Americas |
12 |
(1 %) |
1 |
(0.1 %) |
36 |
(46 %) |
|
|
Europe |
6 |
(1 %) |
1 |
(0.1 %) |
. |
. |
|
|
Pacific |
2 |
(0.2 %) |
. |
. |
. |
. |
|
|
Multiple possible |
38 |
(4 %) |
29 |
(4 %) |
2 |
(3 %) |
|
|
not determined |
29 |
. |
15 |
. |
8 |
. |
|
|
missing |
33 |
. |
10 |
. |
7 |
. |
*VFR, visiting friends and relatives.
†Includes the sources of both imported cases and cases with infections propagated from an imported case. Cases associated with travel to 19 other countries in Asia, 18 countries in Africa, 18 in the Americas, four in Europe, and two in the Pacific.