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Table 2 Mortality and case-fatality rates related to meningococcal infection (MI), meningococcal meningitis (MM) and meningococcemia (MC) by age group in Spain

From: Hospitalizations related to meningococcal infection in Spain from 1997 to 2018

Age (years)

Number of deaths

Mortality rate (per 100,000) (95% CI)

Case fatality (%) (95% CI)

MI

MM

MC

MI

MM

MC

MI

MM

MC

(0, 1)

136

24

106

1.45 (1.21–1.7)

0.26 (0.15–0.36)

1.13 (0.92–1.35)

5.01 (4.19–5.83)

1.67 (1.01–2.33)

7.11 (5.8–8.41)

(0, 2)

227

33

187

1.21 (1.05–1.37)

0.18 (0.12–0.24)

1 (0.85–1.14)

5.07 (4.43–5.71)

1.48 (0.98–1.97)

7.15 (6.16–8.14)

(0, 5)

347

51

293

0.74 (0.66–0.82)

0.11 (0.08–0.14)

0.62 (0.55–0.7)

4.85 (4.35–5.34)

1.46 (1.06–1.86)

6.71 (5.97–7.45)

(5, 10)

62

19

48

0.13 (0.1–0.16)

0.04 (0.02–0.06)

0.1 (0.07–0.13)

3.67 (2.77–4.56)

2.48 (1.38–3.58)

4.37 (3.16–5.58)

(10, 15)

41

12

30

0.09 (0.06–0.11)

0.03 (0.01–0.04)

0.06 (0.04–0.09)

4.23 (2.96–5.49)

2.33 (1.03–3.63)

5.4 (3.52–7.27)

(15, 20)

109

42

71

0.21 (0.17–0.25)

0.08 (0.06–0.11)

0.14 (0.11–0.17)

8.75 (7.18–10.32)

4.93 (3.48–6.38)

14.34 (11.26–17.43)

(20, 25)

59

19

41

0.1 (0.07–0.12)

0.03 (0.02–0.05)

0.07 (0.05–0.09)

9.19 (6.96–11.42)

4.39 (2.46–6.32)

16.67 (12.01–21.32)

(25, 30)

40

7

30

0.06 (0.04–0.07)

0.01 (0–0.02)

0.04 (0.03–0.06)

10 (7.06–12.94)

2.69 (0.72–4.66)

20 (13.6–26.4)

(30, 35)

31

11

19

0.04 (0.03–0.05)

0.01 (0.01–0.02)

0.02 (0.01–0.04)

10.4 (6.94–13.87)

6.4 (2.74–10.05)

15.45 (9.06–21.83)

(35, 40)

23

8

15

0.03 (0.02–0.04)

0.01 (0–0.02)

0.02 (0.01–0.03)

8.46 (5.15–11.76)

4.94 (1.6–8.27)

15.15 (8.09–22.21)

(40, 45)

27

13

11

0.04 (0.02–0.05)

0.02 (0.01–0.03)

0.01 (0.01–0.02)

10.31 (6.62–13.99)

6.95 (3.31–10.6)

15.71 (7.19–24.24)

(45, 50)

34

10

18

0.05 (0.03–0.07)

0.01 (0.01–0.02)

0.03 (0.01–0.04)

11.37 (7.77–14.97)

6.06 (2.42–9.7)

14.75 (8.46–21.05)

(50, 55)

43

13

22

0.07 (0.05–0.09)

0.02 (0.01–0.03)

0.04 (0.02–0.05)

13.19 (9.52–16.86)

6.63 (3.15–10.12)

20.75 (13.03–28.48)

(55, 60)

38

10

31

0.07 (0.05–0.09)

0.02 (0.01–0.03)

0.06 (0.04–0.08)

12.26 (8.61–15.91)

5.68 (2.26–9.1)

26.27 (18.33–34.21)

(60, 65)

44

14

30

0.09 (0.06–0.12)

0.03 (0.01–0.04)

0.06 (0.04–0.08)

13.5 (9.79–17.21)

7.87 (3.91–11.82)

28.04 (19.53–36.55)

(65, 70)

49

23

21

0.11 (0.08–0.14)

0.05 (0.03–0.07)

0.05 (0.03–0.07)

15.12 (11.22–19.02)

11.79 (7.27–16.32)

19.09 (11.75–26.44)

(70, 75)

47

16

31

0.12 (0.08–0.15)

0.04 (0.02–0.06)

0.08 (0.05–0.1)

13.66 (10.03–17.29)

8.7 (4.62–12.77)

24.8 (17.23–32.37)

(75, 80)

53

21

26

0.16 (0.12–0.2)

0.06 (0.04–0.09)

0.08 (0.05–0.11)

18.15 (13.73–22.57)

13.64 (8.22–19.06)

23.42 (15.54–31.3)

(80, 85)

68

26

31

0.28 (0.21–0.35)

0.11 (0.07–0.15)

0.13 (0.08–0.17)

26.67 (21.24–32.09)

25.74 (17.22–34.27)

31.63 (22.43–40.84)

(85, 120)

44

19

17

0.21 (0.15–0.28)

0.09 (0.05–0.13)

0.08 (0.04–0.12)

29.73 (22.37–37.09)

33.93 (21.53–46.33)

29.31 (17.6–41.03)

Total

1159

334

785

0.12 (0.12–0.13)

0.04 (0.03–0.04)

0.08 (0.08–0.09)

7.45 (7.03–7.86)

4.01 (3.62–4.48)

9.62 (8.98–10.26)