TABLE 5 Case Fatality Ratios Among Patients With EVD by Gender, Age, and Location, September 15, 2014, to September 15, 2014 | EVD+ Recovered, No. (%) | EVD+ Deceased,aNo. (%) | Total,bNo. (%) | EVD Fatality,OR (95% CI) | P Value |
|---|
| All patients | 197 (42.4) | 268 (57.6) | 465 (100) | | |
| Sexc | | | | | |
| Men | 78 (41.7) | 109 (58.3) | 187 (40.3) | - | - |
| Women | 118 (42.6) | 159 (57.4) | 277 (59.7) | 1.0 (0.7, 1.4) | .09 |
| Age, yearsc | | | | | |
| 0 to <1 | 1 (7.1) | 13 (92.9) | 14 (3.1) | 18.3 (3.3, 463.5) | < .001 |
| 1 to 4 | 4 (12.5) | 28 (87.5) | 32 (7.0) | 10.8 (3.7, 40.8) | < .001 |
| 5 to 14 | 36 (55.4) | 29 (44.6) | 65 (14.0) | 1.3 (0.7, 2.6) | .49 |
| 15 to 24 | 44 (62.0) | 27 (38.0) | 71 (15.3) | - | - |
| 25 to 34 | 45 (51.7) | 42 (48.3) | 87 (18.8) | 1.5 (0.8, 2.9) | .20 |
| 35 to 44 | 33 (38.4) | 53 (61.6) | 86 (18.5) | 2.6 (1.4, 5.0) | .004 |
| 45 to 54 | 17 (32.1) | 36 (67.9) | 53 (11.4) | 3.4 (1.6, 7.4) | .001 |
| ≥ 55 | 16 (28.6) | 40 (71.4) | 56 (12.1) | 4.0 (1.9, 8.7) | < .001 |
| Country | | | | | |
| Sierra Leone | 114 (39.7) | 173 (60.3) | 287 (61.7) | - | - |
| Liberia | 83 (46.6) | 95 (53.4) | 178 (38.3) | 0.8 (0.5, 1.1) | .15 |