Table 2 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 | 22,421.4 (22,109.0–22,433.8) | Partial | Partial |
| 2 | Malaria (clinical) | 6865.8 (6858.3–6873.3) | 46 (53%) | 29 (81%) |
| 3 | Typhoid fever (Salmonella Typhi) | 1496.5 (1492.9–1500.1) | 45 (52%) | 25 (69%) |
| 4 | Chicken pox | 325.4 (323.7–327.1) | Partial | No information |
| 5 | Brucellosis | 192.2 (190.9–193.5) | 32 (37%) | 16 (44%) |
| 6 | Dysentery (Shigella species or Entamoeba histolytica) | 123.7 (122.7–124.7) | Partial Shigella dysenteriae (33%) | Partial Shigella dysenteriae (18%) |
| 7 | Bilharziosis | 82.6 (81.7–83.4) | No information | No information |
| 8 | Tuberculosis | 67.4 (66.7–68.2) | 34 (40%) | 24 (67%) |
| 9 | New AIDS cases | 59.9 (59.2–60.7) | 39 (45%) | 28 (78%) |
| 10 | Infectious hepatitis | 26.2 (25.8–26.7) | 29 (34%) | 24 (67%) |
| 11 | Measles | 14.7 (14.3–15.0) | No information | No information |
| 12 | Meningococcal meningitis | 2.9 (2.7–3.0) | 22 (26%) | 13 (36%) |
| 13 | Plague (Yersinia pestis) | 1.0 (0.9–1.1) | 6 (7%) | 1 (3%) |
| 14 | Yellow Fever | 0.5 (0.48–0.62) | 6 (7%) | 2 (6%) |
| 15 | Cholera | 0.3 (0.29–0.4) | 27 (31%) | 15 (42%) |
| 16 | Viral hemorrhagic fever | 0.25 (0.21–0.3) | Partial | Partial |