Table 1 Sociodemographic distribution of the various serogroups of Neisseria meningitides-positive cases confirmed using polymerase chain reaction
B N = 2 | C N = 2 | NG N = 12 | W N = 282 | X N = 97 | Total N = 395 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
Sex | ||||||
Male | 1 (50.0) | 2 (100.0) | 7 (58.3) | 156 (55.3) | 57 (58.8) | 223 (56.5) |
Female | 1 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (41.7) | 126 (44.7) | 40 (41.2) | 172 (43.5) |
Age Group | ||||||
Under 1 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (2.8) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (2.0) |
1–4 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (8.3) | 58 (20.6) | 9 (9.3) | 68 (17.2) |
5–10 | 0 (0.0) | 1 (50.0) | 4 (33.3) | 82 (29.1) | 44 (45.4) | 131 (33.2) |
11–15 | 1 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (33.3) | 50 (17.7) | 23 (23.7) | 78 (19.7) |
16–23 | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | 1 (8.3) | 56 (19.9) | 15 (15.5) | 74 (18.7) |
24–44 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (16.7) | 18 (6.4) | 3 (3.1) | 23 (5.8) |
45–64 | (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (3.5) | 3 (3.1) | 13 (3.3) |
Mean age (SD) | 14.2 (± 13.4) | 10.8 (± 8.9) | 11.6 (± 9.0) | 15.4 (± 12.9) | 11.4 (± 8.7) | 12.4 (± 10.8) |
Regions | ||||||
Brong Ahafo | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (1.8) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (1.3) |
Northern | 1 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (50.0) | 183 (64.9) | 15 (15.5) | 205 (51.9) |
Upper East | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (25.0) | 40 (14.2) | 40 (41.2) | 83 (21.0) |
Upper West | 1 (50.0) | 2 (100.0) | 3 (25.0) | 54 (19.1) | 42 (43.3) | 102 (25.8) |