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Table 2 Incidence of disease age ≥5 years

From: The capacity of diagnostic laboratories in Kenya for detecting infectious diseases

 

List of diseases 2014 Kenya (age ≥5 years)

Adjusted incidence ratea

(95% C.I.)

Total facilities

86 facilities N (%)

Public health facilities

36 facilities N (%)

1

Other dis. of respiratory system

22,421.4 (22,109.0–22,433.8)

Partial

Partial

2

Malaria (clinical)

6865.8 (6858.3–6873.3)

46 (53%)

29 (81%)

3

Typhoid fever (Salmonella Typhi)

1496.5 (1492.9–1500.1)

45 (52%)

25 (69%)

4

Chicken pox

325.4 (323.7–327.1)

Partial

No information

5

Brucellosis

192.2 (190.9–193.5)

32 (37%)

16 (44%)

6

Dysentery (Shigella species or Entamoeba histolytica)

123.7 (122.7–124.7)

Partial Shigella dysenteriae (33%)

Partial Shigella dysenteriae (18%)

7

Bilharziosis

82.6 (81.7–83.4)

No information

No information

8

Tuberculosis

67.4 (66.7–68.2)

34 (40%)

24 (67%)

9

New AIDS cases

59.9 (59.2–60.7)

39 (45%)

28 (78%)

10

Infectious hepatitis

26.2 (25.8–26.7)

29 (34%)

24 (67%)

11

Measles

14.7 (14.3–15.0)

No information

No information

12

Meningococcal meningitis

2.9 (2.7–3.0)

22 (26%)

13 (36%)

13

Plague (Yersinia pestis)

1.0 (0.9–1.1)

6 (7%)

1 (3%)

14

Yellow Fever

0.5 (0.48–0.62)

6 (7%)

2 (6%)

15

Cholera

0.3 (0.29–0.4)

27 (31%)

15 (42%)

16

Viral hemorrhagic fever

0.25 (0.21–0.3)

Partial

Partial

  1. aAdjusted data (based on reporting rates) according to the information provided by KNBS [6]