Table 1 Measles cases patients. Epidemiological characteristics of measles cases admitted to Woliso hospital (South West Shewa Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia) from January 1, 2013, to April 9, 2017
From: The hidden burden of measles in Ethiopia: how distance to hospital shapes the disease mortality rate
Mean age (years) | 6.1 (SD 8.9; range 0–65) | ||||
Deaths | 36/1819 (2.0%) | ||||
Females | 855/1819 (47.0%) | ||||
Vaccinated measles patients (2016) | 120/295 (40.6%) | ||||
Hospital main catchment area | |||||
Woreda | Kebele | Patients | Deaths | Population | Distance (km) |
Woliso | All kebeles | 843 | 19 | 209,321 | 0–19.9 |
Woliso | Woliso town | 379 | 8 | 52,849 | 0 |
Woliso | Obi | 91 | 5 | 15.341 | 6.4 |
Woliso | Dilela | 182 | 3 | 48,353 | 15.5 |
Woliso | Gurura | 141 | 0 | 34,477 | 15.5 |
Woliso | Korke | 50 | 3 | 58,301 | 19.9 |
Wonchi | All kebeles | 296 | 1 | 110,275 | 15.0 |
Goro | All kebeles | 147 | 3 | 55,640 | 22.1 |
Ameya | All kebeles | 226 | 5 | 146,535 | 30.4 |
Woredas outside the hospital main catchment area | |||||
Becho | 41 | 3 | 91,116 | 33.7 | |
Welkite (Gurage Zone) | 31 | 1 | 55,097 | 40.1 | |
Seden Sodo | 19 | 1 | 82,969 | 45.0 | |
Dawo | 23 | 0 | 101,133 | 49.5 | |
Ilu | 19 | 0 | 75,326 | 55.9 | |
Tole | 48 | 0 | 75,438 | 73.6 | |
Nono (West Shoa Zone) | 45 | 1 | 108,356 | 82.7 | |
Kersa Ena Malima | 1 | 1 | 97,761 | 137.0 | |
Other | 80 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | |