Table 1 Characteristics of Lab-Confirmed Rubella Cases, Ethiopia, 2009–2015
From: Epidemiology of rubella virus cases in the pre-vaccination era of Ethiopia, 2009–2015
Variables | Category | Rubella IgM Test Result | Total samples tested for Rubella IgM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Negative | Indeterminate | |||
Sex | Male | 1246 | 6940 | 717 | 8903 |
Female | 1364 | 5900 | 826 | 8090 | |
Unavailable | 5 | 64 | 4 | 73 | |
Year | 2009 | 83 | 1802 | 89 | 1974 |
2010 | 131 | 1976 | 170 | 2277 | |
2011 | 198 | 1354 | 242 | 1794 | |
2012 | 806 | 2037 | 431 | 3274 | |
2013 | 856 | 2402 | 323 | 3581 | |
2014 | 222 | 1714 | 149 | 2085 | |
2015 | 319 | 1619 | 143 | 2081 | |
Age Groups | <1 Year | 63 | 1038 | 38 | 1139 |
1–4 Years | 793 | 4518 | 435 | 5746 | |
5–9 Years | 1103 | 3657 | 560 | 5320 | |
10–14 Years | 413 | 1862 | 277 | 2552 | |
≥15 Years | 203 | 1652 | 209 | 2064 | |
Age Not Available | 40 | 177 | 28 | 245 | |
Regional State and City Administrations | Addis Ababa | 537 | 1505 | 299 | 2341 |
Afar | 35 | 163 | 25 | 223 | |
Amhara | 500 | 2312 | 287 | 3099 | |
Benshangul-Gumuz | 72 | 223 | 28 | 323 | |
Dire-Dawa | 22 | 69 | 8 | 99 | |
Gambella | 25 | 34 | 9 | 68 | |
Harare | 15 | 110 | 8 | 133 | |
Oromia | 765 | 5873 | 582 | 7220 | |
Somali | 6 | 170 | 7 | 183 | |
SNNPR | 531 | 1962 | 235 | 2728 | |
Tigray | 107 | 483 | 59 | 649 | |
Total | 2615 | 12904 | 1547 | 17,066 | |