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Table 1 Distribution of pertussis cases according to epidemiological variables

From: Does the economic recession influence the incidence of pertussis in a cosmopolitan European city?

 

2000–2004 N (%)

2005–2010 N (%)

2011–2015 N (%)

Total N (%)

All

112 (6.3)

286 (16.0)

1393 (77.8)

1791 (100.0)

Confirmed

97 (86.6)

220 (76.9)

1253 (89.9)

1570 (87.7)

Suspected

15 (13.4)

66 (23.1)

140 (10.1)

221 (12.3)

Gender

 Female

69 (61.6)

160 (55.9)

772 (55.4)

1001 (55.9)

 Male

43 (38.4)

124 (43.4)

621 (44.6)

788 (44.0)

Age group

  <  1 year

83 (74.1)

128 (45.1)

221 (15.9)

432 (24.1)

 1–14 years

20 (17.9)

89 (31.3)

782 (56.1)

891 (49.7)

 15–29 years

6 (5.4)

22 (7.7)

63 (4.5)

91 (5.1)

  > 30 years

3 (2.7)

45 (15.8)

327 (23.5)

375 (20.9)

Country of origin

 Native

83 (74.1)

220 (76.9)

1217 (87.4)

1520 (84.9)

 Foreign-born

7 (6.3)

26 (9.1)

122 (8.8)

155 (8.7)

 Unknown

22 (19.6)

40 (14.0)

54 (3.9)

116 (6.5)

Index of Disposable Household Income (DHI)

 Very high

4 (3.6)

15 (5.2)

77 (5.5)

96 (5.4)

 High

4 (3.6)

18 (6.3)

77 (5.5)

99 (5.5)

 Average

19 (17.0)

58 (20.3)

325 (23.3)

402 (22.4)

 Low-average

41 (36.6)

90 (31.5)

498 (35.8)

629 (35.1)

 Low

41 (36.6)

105 (36.7)

413 (29.6)

559 (31.2)

 Unknown

3 (2.7)

0 (0.0)

3 (0.2)

6 (0.3)

Case type

 Associated

18 (16.1)

127 (44.4)

824 (59.2)

969 (54.1)

 Sporadic

94 (83.9)

159 (55.6)

569 (40.8)

822 (45.9)

Contact tracing

 Yes

36 (32.1)

216 (75.5)

1130 (81.1)

1382 (77.2)

 No

76 (67.9)

70 (24.5)

263 (18.9)

409 (22.8)

Vaccination

 Yes

92 (82.1)

236 (82.5)

1005 (72.1)

1333 (74.4)

 No

8 (7.1)

25 (8.7)

97 (7.0)

130 (7.3)

 Unknown

12 (10.7)

25 (8.7)

291 (20.9)

328 (18.3)

Hospital admission in < 1 year (N = 432)

 Yes

64 (77.1)

83 (64.8)

105 (47.5)

252 (58.3)

 No

19 (22.9)

45 (35.2)

116 (52.5)

180 (41.7)

  1. Barcelona, 2000–2015