Table 3.
Epidemiological features of measles and rubella cases in Taiwan between 2011 and 2020.
| Variable | Measles cases N = 306 (%) |
Rubella cases N = 135 (%) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||
| Male | 177 (57.8) | 87 (64.4) | .192 |
| Female | 129 (42.2) | 48 (35.6) | |
| Age group | |||
| <20 | 57 (18.6) | 10 (7.4) | <.001 |
| 20–39 | 222 (72.5) | 80 (59.3) | |
| 49–59 | 27 (8.8) | 44 (32.6) | |
| ≥60 | 0 | 1 (0.7) | |
| Yr group | |||
| 2011–2015 | 105 (34.3) | 93 (68.9) | <.001 |
| 2016–2020 | 201 (65.7) | 42 (31.2) | |
| Season | |||
| Spring | 173 (56.5) | 73 (54.1) | .628 |
| Summer | 62 (20.3) | 28 (20.7) | |
| Fall | 19 (6.2) | 13 (9.6) | |
| Winter | 52 (17.0) | 21 (15.6) | |
| Residency | |||
| Northern | 230 (75.2) | 84 (62.2) | .032 |
| Central | 45 (14.7) | 26 (19.3) | |
| Southern | 29 (9.5) | 24 (17.8) | |
| Eastern | 2 (0.6) | 1 (0.7) |