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Table 1 Annual incidence rate of selected infectious diseases in Upper East Region and two Districts from January 2011 to December 2013, Ghana

From: Evaluation of the integrated disease surveillance and response system for infectious diseases control in northern Ghana

 

Kassena Nankana East (KNE)

Kassena Nankana West (KNW)

Upper East Region (UER)

Year

2011

2012

2013

2011

2012

2013

2011

2012

2013

Total Population

111,263

112,598

113,950

71,515

72,373

73,242

1,059,104

1,071,811

1,084,676

Malaria

 

Suspected malaria

68,162

51,789

54,079

52,702

68,119

50,869

753,414

937,991

928,273

Confirmed malaria

11,190

12,326

19,266

16,661

15,982

20,981

230,262

322,151

410,731

IR of suspected malaria

0.6126

0.4599

0.4746

0.7369

0.9412

0.6945

0.7114

0.8751

0.8558

IR of confirmed malaria

0.1006

0.1095

0.1691

0.2330

0.2208

0.2865

0.2174

0.3006

0.3787

Cholera

 

Suspected cholera

1

51

0

0

143

0

18

257

23

Confirmed cholera

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

IR of suspected cholera /10000

0.0899

4.5294

0.0000

0.0000

19.7587

0.0000

0.1700

2.3978

0.2120

Meningitis

 

Suspected meningitis

67

68

0

2

10

1

156

392

6

Confirmed meningitis

0

0

4

0

0

0

0

34

15

IR of suspected meningitis /10000

6.0218

6.0392

0.0000

0.2797

1.3817

0.1365

1.4729

3.6574

0.0553

IR of confirmed meningitis /10000

0.0000

0.0000

0.3510

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.3172

0.1383

HIV/AIDS

 

Suspected HIV/AIDS

5

0

1

29

17

9

576

376

421

Confirmed HIV/AIDS

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

61

231

IR of suspected HIV/AIDS /10000

0.4494

0.0000

0.0878

4.0551

2.3489

1.2288

5.4386

3.5081

3.8813

IR of confirmed HIV/AIDS/10000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0878

0.0000

0.1382

0.0000

0.0000

0.5691

2.1297

Poliomyelitis

 

Suspected poliomyelitis

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

Confirmed poliomyelitis

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Guinea worm

 

Suspected guinea worm

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Confirmed guinea worm

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Under-five population

22,253

22,520

22,790

14,303

14,475

14,648

211,821

214,362

216,935

Pneumonia in under-five children

         

Suspected pneumonia*

200

177

377

140

134

284

3,592

3,956

4,954

IR of suspected pneumonia

0.0090

0.0079

0.0165

0.0098

0.0093

0.0194

0.0170

0.0185

0.0228

  1. *Pneumonia cases were only reported for under-five children; no confirmation data was available for suspected cases on DHIMS2.