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Table 2 Comparison of demographics of dengue cases in 2014 and 2015

From: A comparison of passive surveillance and active cluster-based surveillance for dengue fever in southern coastal Ecuador

 

AS Dengue Illness (DI)

PSDI

ASDI vs PSDI

PS Possible Dengue (PD)

ASDI vs PSDI vs PSPD

N

(%)

N

(%)

p value

N

(%)

p value

2014

Sex

Male

96

(47)

55

(51)

0.70

323

(49.5)

0.79

Female

109

(53)

57

(49)

 

329

(50.5)

 

Age Groups

<  5

11

(5.4)

5

(4.5)

0.004

46

(7.1)

0.003

5–9

21

(10.2)

14

(12.5)

 

76

(11.7)

 

10–14

44

(21.5)

44

(39.3)

 

130

(20)

 

15–19

29

(14.1)

18

(16.1)

 

114

(17.5)

 

20–64

94

(45.9)

30

(26.8)

 

265

(40.8)

 

65+

6

(2.9)

1

(0.9)

 

19

(2.9)

 

2015

Sex

Male

16

(40)

24

(43)

0.78

356

(44)

0.85

Female

24

(60)

32

(57)

 

448

(56)

 

Age Groups

<  5

1

(2.5)

6

(7.0)

0.11

41

(4.4)

< 0.001

5–9

7

(17.5)

33

(38.4)

 

71

(8.7)

 

10–14

7

(17.5)

12

(14.0)

 

121

(14.9)

 

15–19

5

(12.5)

15

(17.4)

 

83

(10.2)

 

20–64

19

(47.5)

19

(22.1)

 

449

(55.3)

 

65 plus

1

2.5)

1

(1.2)

 

47

(5.8)

 
  1. Active surveillance (AS) dengue illness (DI) cases were compared by sex and age groups to passive surveillance (PS) DI cases. Subsequently, sex and age groups from ASDI and PSDI were compared to PS possible dengue (PD) cases in each year of the study