Table 1 Demographic characteristics of hand, foot, and mouth disease cases in Sabah, Malaysia, from 2015 to 2019.
Year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of cases | 1390 | 2644 | 1872 | 5157 | 6511 |
Incidence rate (per 100,000) | 39.9 | 75.9 | 51.1 | 138.6 | 166.1 |
Gender | |||||
Male | 769 (55.3) | 1464 (55.4) | 1054 (56.3) | 2930 (56.8) | 3671 (56.4) |
Female | 621 (44.7) | 1180 (44.6) | 818 (43.7) | 2227 (43.2) | 2840 (43.6) |
Age in years | |||||
< 1 | 155 (11.2) | 217 (8.2) | 183 (9.8) | 468 (9.1) | 601 (9.2) |
1 | 365 (26.3) | 673 (25.5) | 575 (30.7) | 1254 (24.3) | 1743 (26.8) |
2 | 282 (20.3) | 515 (19.5) | 362 (19.3) | 969 (18.8) | 1313 (20.2) |
3 | 180 (12.9) | 423 (16.0) | 261 (13.9) | 697 (13.5) | 906 (13.9) |
4 | 136 (9.8) | 278 (10.5) | 178 (9.5) | 533 (10.3) | 710 (10.9) |
5 | 101 (7.3) | 183 (6.9) | 109 (5.8) | 414 (8.0) | 490 (7.5) |
> 5 | 171 (12.3) | 355 (13.4) | 204 (10.9) | 822 (15.9) | 748 (11.5) |
Transmission classification | |||||
Clusters of cases | 121 (8.7) | 143 (5.4) | 88 (4.7) | 990 (19.2) | 696 (10.7) |
Sporadic cases | 1269 (91.3) | 2501 (94.6) | 1784 (95.3) | 4167 (80.8) | 5815 (89.3) |
