Volume 25, Number 2—February 2019
Synopsis
Trends of Human Plague, Madagascar, 1998–2016
Table 2
Sociodemographic and epidemiologic characteristics of persons with confirmed, presumptive, and suspected plague cases, Madagascar, 1998–2016*
Characteristic | Bubonic plague case status, no. patients |
Pneumonic plague case status, no. patients |
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Suspected, n = 6,454 | Confirmed and presumptive, n = 5,132 | Suspected, n = 579 | Confirmed and presumptive, n = 409 | ||
Median age, y (IQR) | 11 (6–20) | 13 (8–24) | 26 (17–40) | 29 (20–42) | |
Sex ratio (M:F) | 1.44 (3,803:2,639) | 1.38 (2,972:2,157) | 1.08 (300:278) | 1.28 (230:179) | |
Presence of rats, % | 15.1 | 18.6 | 11.3 | 9.3 | |
Recent trip, % | 6.4 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 13.6 | |
Mean (SE) days to care | 2.0 (0.05) | 1.7 (0.03) | 2.61 (0.15) | 2.21 (0.18) | |
Median elevation, m (IQR) | 1,262 (1,111–1,384) | 1,275 (1,063–1,409) | 1,228 (921–1,333) | 1,284 (1,111–1,355) | |
Contact with other plague cases, % | 7 | 11 | 21 | 23 |
*IQR, interquartile range.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.
2Current affiliation: Institut Pasteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
3Retired.
4Current affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.