Table 1 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 | 87,866.3 (87,842.2–87,890.4) | Partial | Partial |
| 2 | Malaria (clinical) | 21,073.6 (21,043.5–21,103.7) | 46 (53%) | 29 (81%) |
| 3 | Diarrhea | 20,548.0 (20,518.1–20,577.8) | Partial | Partial |
| 4 | Pneumonia | 7633.5 (7613.9–7653.1) | No information | No information |
| 5 | Chicken pox | 1164.8 (1156.9–1172.8) | Partial | No information |
| 6 | Mumps | 848.6 (841.9–855.4) | No information | No information |
| 7 | Typhoid fever (Salmonella Typhi) | 456.9 (451.9–461.9) | 45 (52%) | 25 (69%) |
| 8 | Dysentery (Shigella species or Entamoeba histolytica) | 341.7 (337.4–346.0) | Partial Shigella dysenteriae (33%) | Partial Shigella dysenteriae (18%) |
| 9 | Bilharziosis | 101.3 (99.0–103.7) | No information | No information |
| 10 | Brucellosis | 37.0 (35.6–38.4) | 32 (37%) | 16 (44%) |
| 11 | Tuberculosis | 32.6 (31.3–33.9) | 34 (40%) | 24 (67%) |
| 12 | Infectious hepatitis | 28.5 (27.2–29.7) | 29 (34%) | 24 (67%) |
| 13 | New AIDS cases | 23.7 (22.6–24.8) | 39 (45%) | 28 (78%) |
| 14 | Tetanus (Clostridium tetani) | 22.3 (21.3–23.5) | 11 (13%) | 2 (6%) |
| 15 | Meningococcal meningitis | 7.3 (6.7–8.0) | 22 (26%) | 13 (36%) |
| 16 | Yellow fever | 0.9 (0.7–1.1) | 6 (7%) | 2 (6%) |
| 17 | Viral hemorrhagic fever | 0.1 (0.06–0.2) | Partial | Partial |
| 18 | Plague (Yersinia pestis) | 0.05 (0.02–0.14) | 6 (7%) | 1 (3%) |