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Table 1 Characteristics of cases of imported malaria in the UK in 2007 and crude incidence for each group

From: Risk factors for UK Plasmodium falciparum cases

 

Cases (%)

Travellers 1,000 s (%)[30]

Duration of visit (days) Median (IQR*)

Crude incidence per 10,000

Purpose

    

VFR

450 (82%)

1,976 (30%)

23 (14–40)

2. 3 (2. 1–2. 5)

Misc*

6 (1. 3%)

282 (4%)

300 (14–365)

0. 21 (0. 1–0. 4)

Business

35 (6. 4%)

774 (12%)

30 (16–89)

0. 45 (0. 31–0. 61)

Holiday

58 (11%)

3,638 (55%)

19 (14–42)

0. 15 (0. 12–0. 20)

Missing

455

 

30 (19–42)

 

Age group (years)

    

0–15

97 (9. 7%)

302 (4. 5%)

30 (21–85)

3. 2 (2. 6–3. 9)

16–24

102 (10%)

611 (9%)

30 (17. 5–51)

1. 7 (1. 4–2. 0)

25–34

198 (20%)

1,520 (23%)

25 (14–42)

1. 3 (1. 1–1. 5)

35–44

270 (27%)

1,424 (21%)

21 (14–32)

1. 9 (1. 7–2. 1)

45–54

203 (20%)

1,345 (20%)

21 (14–30)

1. 5 (1. 3–1. 7)

55–64

83 (8. 3%)

973 (14. 5%)

30 (15–55. 5)

0. 85 (0. 68 – 1. 04)

65+

47 (4. 7%)

495 (8%)

58. 5 (30–116)

0. 95 (0. 70–1. 23)

Missing

4

   

Total

1,004

6,670

  
  1. *Misc: Miscellaneous purpose of travel. IQR: Inter-quartile range.