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Table 1 Age and sex distribution of suspected yellow fever cases reported and cumulated age group proportions in Nigeria between September 2017 and 2 September 2019

From: The resurgence of yellow fever outbreaks in Nigeria: a 2-year review 2017–2019

Age Group

Male

Female

Total

Age proportion (%)

Cumulative proportion (%)

Female:male ratio

 < 1 year

12 (57%)

9 (43%)

21

0

0

1.3:1

1–5 years

993 (62%)

617 (38%)

1610

20

20

1.6:1

6–10 years

821 (61%)

527 (39%)

1348

17

37

1.6:1

11–15 years

522 (61%)

338 (39%)

860

11

48

1.5:1

16–20 years

505 (54%)

429 (46%)

934

12

60

1.2:1

21–25 years

462 (53%)

410 (47%0

872

11

71

1.1:1

26–30 years

360 (52%)

332 (48%)

692

9

80

1.1:1

31–35 years

211 (52%)

198 (48%)

409

5

85

1.1:1

36–40 years

205 (56%)

158 (44%)

363

5

90

1.3:1

41–45 years

120(58%)

88 (42%)

208

3

93

1.4:1

46–50 years

100(53%)

90 (47%)

190

2

95

1.1:1

51–55 years

50 (55%)

41 (45%)

91

1

96

1.2:1

56–60 years

54 (57%)

40 (43%)

94

1

97

1.4:1

61 years + 

80 (52%)

74 (48%)

154

2

99

1.1:1

Unknown/missing

33 (69%)

15 (31%)

48

1

100

2.2:1

Total

4528 (57%)

3366 (43%)

7894

100

 

1.3:1

  1. *Descriptive statistics: Mean = 19.3 standard error = 0.17 median = 16 mode = 4 standard deviation = 15.4 range = 0–92 confidence level (95.0%) = 0.34