Table 2 Overall and by age group Incidence and Case-Fatality Rate (CFR) of bacterial meningitis according to the aetiology. Cuba. 1998–2003.
Streptococcus pneumoniae | ||||||
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Age group | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
1–5 yrs | 1.6 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.3 |
6–11 yrs | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
12–14 yrs | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
15–18 yrs | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0 |
Overall Incidence | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
Overall CFR | 20.0 | 13.1 | 28. 6 | 26.9 | 15.0 | 30.0 |
Neisseria meningitidis | ||||||
Age group | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
1–5 yrs | 1. 1 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
6–11 yrs | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
12–14 yrs | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.4 |
15–18 yrs | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Overall Incidence | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
Overall CFR | 0 | 10.5 | 4.7 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 |
H. influenzae type b | ||||||
Age group | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
1–5 yrs | 10.7 | 5.7 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0 |
6–11 yrs | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
12–14 yrs | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
15–18 yrs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Overall Incidence | 3.0 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
Overall CFR | 8.0 | 10.6 | 14.3 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown aetiology | ||||||
Age group | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
1–5 yrs | 4.6 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 2.2 |
6–11 yrs | 2.7 | 5.6 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.8 |
12–14 yrs | 1.2 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 2.1 |
15–18 yrs | 1.7 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
Overall Incidence | 2.7 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
Overall CFR | 7.7 | 2.9 | 5.9 | 7.1 | 9.6 | 7.8 |