Table 1 Incidence of measles by age and sex in tsunami affected and un-affected villages of Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu, December 2004- January 2005
Tsunami affected areas | Tsunami un-affected areas | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age group (years) | Number of cases (%) | Population | Incidence per 1000 | Number of cases (%) | Population | Incidence per 1000 |
0–4 | 31 (43.7) | 4360 | 7.1 | 11 (36.7) | 1425 | 7.7 |
5–9 | 32 (45.1) | 4786 | 6.7 | 16 (53.3) | 1564 | 10.2 |
10–14 | 8 (11.3) | 5138 | 1.6 | 2 (6.7) | 1679 | 1.2 |
>14 | 0 (0.0) | 38820 | 0.0 | 1 (3.3) | 12689 | 0.1 |
Sex | ||||||
Male | 32 (45.1) | 26720 | 1.2 | 16 (53.3) | 8734 | 1.8 |
Female | 39 (54.9) | 26384 | 1.5 | 14 (46.7) | 8623 | 1.6 |
Total | 71 (100.0) | 53104 | 1.3 | 30 (100.0) | 17357 | 1.7 |