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Table 3 Suspected and confirmed cases distributed by confirmation criteria, from 2007 to 2015, in São Paulo State, Brazil

From: Challenges of interpreting epidemiologic surveillance pertussis data with changing diagnostic and immunization practices: the case of the state of São Paulo, Brazil

 

Confirmed cases

Year

Clinical or Clinical epidemiological criteria

Laboratory criteria

Total

Suspected cases

% of confirmed among suspected cases

% of laboratory confirmed among confirmed cases

2007

68

88

156

645

24.19

56,41

2008

99

168

267

1111

24.03

62,92

2009

54

90

144

641

22.46

62,50

2010

31

151

182

692

26.30

83.97

2011

119

797

916

2787

32.87

87,01

2012

168

873

1041

4962

21.00

83,86

2013

304

1309

1613

7801

20.68

81,15

2014

434

1725

2159

10,258

21.05

79,89

2015

183

369

552

4385

12.59

66,84

χ2

    

181.25

9.5

p

    

< 0.01

< 0.01