Table 1 The Mf rate and disease rate reported in various studies in the Cook Islands
From: Elimination of lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem from the Cook Islands
Place | Year | Number of people examined for Mf | Mf rate/Ag rate (%) | Number of people examined for chronic disease | Elephantiasis rate (%)#* | Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Southern group of islands | ||||||
Rarotonga | 1925 | 197 | 2.0 | 197 | 40.1 | Mckenzie 1925# |
Aitutaki | 1925 | 71 | 5.6 | 71 | 50.7 | Mckenzie 1925# |
Atiu | 1926 | – | 900 | 2.4 | Lambert 1926# | |
Mauke | 1926 | – | 46.2 | 560 | 4.1 | Lambert 1926# |
Mitiaro | 1926 | – | 54.8 | 180 | 0 | Lambert 1926# |
Rarotonga | 1926 | – | 35.5 | – | – | Lambert 1926# |
Mangaia | 1926 | – | 26.0 | – | – | Lambert 1926# |
Aitutaki | 1926 | – | 49.1 | – | – | Lambert 1926# |
Aitutaki | 1949 | 240 | 42.5 | – | – | Davies 1949# |
Rarotonga | 1957 | 554 | 23.3 | 554 | 4.3 | Iyengar 1957# |
Aitutaki | 1957 | 1297 | 20.9 | 1297 | 3.7 | Iyengar 1957# |
Rarotonga | 1959 | 1890 | 22.3 | 358 | 2.9 | McCarthy 1959# |
Aitutaki | 1959 | 609 | 29.2 | 528 | 4.2 | McCarthy 1959# |
Aitutaki* | 1969* | 2492 | 0.8 | – | – | Review of sub-periodic filariasis in South Pacific, 1980 |
Aitutaki* | 1971* | 2600 | 0.2 | – | – | Review of sub-periodic filariasis in South Pacific, 1980 |
Mauke | 1975 | 376 | 33.2 | 459 | 2.6 | Weller et al. 1982 |
Mauke | 1975 | 376 | 49.4 Ag rate | 180 | 13.3% Hydrocele rate | Steel et al. 2001 |
Mitiaro Rarotonga | 1977 | 273 | 18.3 | – | – | |
Rarotonga | 1991 | 5868 (outpatients) | 0.9 | – | – | Country data, PacELF, 2000 |
Rarotonga | 1992 | 2664 (outpatients) | 1.0 | – | – | Country data, PacELF, 2000 |
Aitutaki | 1992 | 1370 | 3.2 | – | – | Country data, PacELF, 2000 |
Mauke** | 1992** | 627 | 4.3 | – | – | McCarthy et al. (1995) |
Mauke** | 1992** | 627 | 5.4% Ag rate | – | – | Steel and Ottesen, 2001 |
Northern group of islands | ||||||
Pukapuka | 1959 | 218 | 29.4 | – | – | McCarthy 1959# |
Pukapuka | 1965 | 498 | 28.4 | 498 | 3.8 | Iyengar 1965# |
Penrhyn | 1959 | 274 | 5.8 | – | – | McCarthy 1959# |
Rakahanga | 1959 | 226 | 8.4 | – | – | McCarthy 1959# |
Palmerston | 1959 | 69 | 8.7 | – | – | McCarthy 1959# |
Manihiki | 1959 | 371 | 19.7 | – | – | McCarthy 1959# |