Table 1.

Sociodemographic, clinical and microbiological characteristics of invasive meningococcal disease cases reported to the SDR and MRS, Catalonia 2011–2015

	SDR (n=212)	MRS (n=202)
Age groups
Mean (SD)	21.4 (27.9)	20.5 (26.7)
Median (IQR)	6 (36)	6 (32.3)
<2 years, n (%)	62 (29.8%)	61 (30.7%)
2–4 years, n (%)	35 (16.8%)	30 (15.1%)
5–14 years, n (%)	34 (16.3%)	35 (17.6%)
15–24 years, n (%)	12 (5.8%)	12 (6.0%)
25–34 years, n (%)	12 (5.8%)	9 (4.5%)
35–44 years, n (%)	10 (4.8%)	12 (6.0%)
45–54 years, n (%)	9 (4.3%)	7 (3.5%)
≥55 years, n (%)	34 (16.3%)	33 (16.6%)
NAs	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.0%)
Sex, n (%)
Male	111 (52.4%)	99 (49.0%)
Female	101 (47.6%)	103 (51.0%)
Year of report, n (%)
2011	43 (20.3%)	61 (30.2%)
2012	41 (19.3%)	29 (14.4%)
2013	38 (17.9%)	30 (14.9%)
2014	42 (19.8%)	34 (16.8%)
2015	48 (22.6%)	48 (23.8%)
Size of municipality, n (%)
<10 000 people	27 (12.7%)	28 (13.9%)
≥10 000 people	177 (83.5%)	148 (73.3%)
NAs	8 (3.8%)	26 (12.9%)
Country of birth, n (%)
Spain	194 (91.5%)	188 (93.1%)
Other countries	18 (8.5%)	14 (6.9%)
Hospital beds, n (%)
<200	60 (28.3%)	65 (32.2%)
≥200	149 (70.3%)	137 (67.8%)
NAs	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)
Clinical form, n (%)
Meningitis	116 (54.7%)	131 (64.8%)
Septicaemia	82 (38.7%)	66 (32.7%)
Other forms	14 (6.6%)	4 (2.0%)
NAs	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)
Serogroup, n (%)
A	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)
B	164 (77.4%)	153 (75.7%)
C	26 (12.3%)	21 (10.4%)
W135	4 (1.9%)	6 (3.0%)
Y	5 (2.4%)	2 (1.0%)
Y/ W135	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)
Non-groupable	6 (2.8%)	4 (2.0%)
NAs	6 (2.8%)	13 (6.4%)
Type of reporting centre
Private	21 (10.0%)	1 (0.5%)
Public	190 (90.0%)	201 (99.5%)

MRS, Microbiological reporting system; NAs, Not available; SDR, Statutory disease reporting.