Table 3.

Severity of disease, immunization status and type of injury in tetanus cases with follow-up information 2001–2014 (n = 96)

	No. of cases	% known
Immunization status at time of injury
Unimmunized	28	41·2
Partially immunized	34	50·0
Age appropriately immunized	6	8·8
Vaccination history not known or not  reported	28
Setting of injury/exposure
Garden/home	45	70·3
Street/road	8	12·5
Work	3	4·7
Park/woodland/rural	2	3·1
Other	6	9·4
Reported injury but details unknown	9
No signs or history of injury	8
Not known	15
Type of injury/exposure
Animal bite/scratches	5	6·8
Burn/ulcer	3	4·1
Laceration	29	39·7
Puncture wound	36	49·3
Injection site	21	28·8
No signs or history of injury	8
Not known	15
Injecting drug use
Reported injecting drug usage	31	40·3
No reported injecting drug usage	46	59·7
Not known	19
Treatment at time of injury*
Any treatment at time of injury	16	29·1
Tetanus toxoid	5†	31·3
Tetanus immunoglobulin	0	0·0
Antibiotics	5‡	3
Debridement	4	25·0
Other treatment	5	31·3
No treatment	39	70·1
Not known	41
Treatment on presentation with suspected clinical tetanus*
Tetanus toxoid	2	2·7
Tetanus or human normal  immunoglobulin	73	97·3
No treatment	1
Not known	22
Hospital admission
Yes: Intensive treatment unit	55	66·3
Yes	26	31·3
No	2	2·4
Not known	13
Severity of disease
Grade 1	27	31·4
Grade 2	11	12·8
Grade 3	48	55·8
Not known	10
Outcome at time of follow-up
Died	9	11·0
Recovered	42	51·2
Partial recovery, still ill and in-patient	31	37·8
Not known	14
Total	96

^*Cases may have received more than one intervention.

^†An additional case received tetanus toxoid several days after injury.

^‡An additional case received antibiotics several days after injury.