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. 2014 Mar 31;18(4):379–386. doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2013.11.012

Table 2.

Incidence rates before and after the introduction of the meningococcal serogroup C conjugate vaccine. Federal District, Brazil.

Age All cases
Serogroup C
Serogroup B
2009
Ratea (cases)
2011
Ratea (cases)
Variation
%
2009
Ratea (cases)
2011
Ratea (cases)
Variation
%
2009
Ratea (cases)
2011
Ratea (cases)
Variation
%
<2 23.6 (21) 7.9 (6) −66.5 12.4 (11) 2.6 (2) −79.0 2.2 (2) 2.6 (2) +18.2
2 13.5 (6) 2.7 (1) −80.0 6.8 (3) 0.0 (0) −100 0 (0) 0.0 (0)
3 9.0 (4) 7.8 (3) −13.3 4.5 (2) 0.0 (0) −100 2.3 (1) 0.0 (0) −100
4 15.9 (7) 5.0 (2) −68.5 13.6 (6) 2.5 (1) −81.6 0 (0) 0.0 (0)
5–19 1.6 (11) 0.8 (5) −50.0 0.1 (1) 0.3 (2) +200 0.1 (1) 0.0 (0) −100
≥20 0.9 (15) 0.2 (4) −77.8 0.2 (4) 0.1 (1) −50.0 0 (0) 0.0 (0)
Total 2.5 (64) 0.8 (21) −68.0 1.0 (27) 0.2 (6) −80.0 0.2 (4) 0.1 (2) −50.0
a

Average annual incidence rate per 100,000 inhabitants, and number of cases in parentheses.