Volume 22, Number 2—February 2016
Synopsis
Epidemiology of Epidemic Ebola Virus Disease in Conakry and Surrounding Prefectures, Guinea, 2014–2015
Adriana Rico
, Debra Brody, Fátima Coronado, Marc Rondy, Lena Fiebig, Andrea Carcelen, Varough M. Deyde, Samuel Mesfin, Kyla D. Retzer, Pepe Bilivogui, Sakoba Keita, and Benjamin A. Dahl
, Debra Brody, Fátima Coronado, Marc Rondy, Lena Fiebig, Andrea Carcelen, Varough M. Deyde, Samuel Mesfin, Kyla D. Retzer, Pepe Bilivogui, Sakoba Keita, and Benjamin A. Dahl
Table 1
Ebola virus disease cases by prefecture and sex in Conakry, the capital city, and surrounding prefectures, Guinea, January 1, 2014–March 29, 2015*
| Location | No. (%) cases by classification |
No. (%) cases, no. cases/100,000 persons |
Median age, y (Q1, Q3) | % ETC case-fatality, (95% CI)† | No. (%) community deaths‡ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laboratory confirmed | Probable | |||||||||
| Total | Men | Women | ||||||||
| Conakry | 519 (42) | 34 (26) | 553 (41), 33.2 | 307 (45), 36.6 | 246 (37), 29.7 | 30 (22, 44) | 40 (35–45) | 93 (18) | ||
| Coyah | 229 (19) | 7 (6) | 236 (17), 89.3 | 112 (16), 85.5 | 124 (18), 93.1 | 30 (20, 43) | 47 (40–55) | 44 (19) | ||
| Dubreka | 115 (9) | 8 (6) | 123 (9), 37.5 | 65 (9), 40.3 | 58 (9), 34.7 | 30 (18, 40) | 46 (35–58) | 32 (28) | ||
| Forecariah | 290 (24) | 45 (35) | 335 (25), 136.9 | 155 (23), 132.2 | 180 (27), 141.3 | 30 (18, 45) | 53 (46–60) | 78 (27) | ||
| Kindia | 73 (6) | 35 (27) | 108 (8), 24.6 | 45 (7), 21.2 | 63 (9), 27.8 | 35 (22, 50) | 60 (47–73) | 12 (16) | ||
| Total | 1,226 (100) | 129 (100) | 1,355 (100), 46.0 | 684 (100), 46.8 | 671 (100), 45.3 | 30 (20, 45) | 46 (43–49) | 259 (21) | ||
*Data were obtained from the Guinea Ministry of Health national case database (Epi Info Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Application, http://epiinfovhf.codeplex.com/). ETC, Ebola treatment center; Q1 and Q3, lower and upper quartiles, respectively.
†Case fatality = ETC deaths/(laboratory-confirmed cases with final status known – community deaths); see Table 2.
‡Percent community deaths = community deaths/laboratory-confirmed cases; see Table 2.
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