Table 1 Characteristics of 31 732 imported respiratory infectious diseases cases in China, 2014–2018
From: Epidemiological characteristics of imported respiratory infectious diseases in China, 2014‒2018
Variables | Total cases N (%) | Chinese N (%) | Foreigner N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex | |||
Male | 20 758 (65.4) | 14 988 (61.5) | 5770 (78.5) |
Female | 10 974 (34.6) | 9392 (38.5) | 1582 (21.5) |
Age | |||
0~ | 7240 (22.8) | 6307 (25.9) | 933 (12.7) |
15~ | 3535 (11.1) | 2701 (11.1) | 834 (11.3) |
25~ | 12 033 (37.9) | 8687 (35.6) | 3346 (45.5) |
45~ | 7360 (23.2) | 5473 (22.5) | 1887 (25.7) |
65~ | 1564 (4.9) | 1212 (5.0) | 352 (4.8) |
Disease | |||
Influenza | 28 656 (90.3) | 22 303 (91.5) | 6353 (86.4) |
Rhinovirus | 1005 (3.2) | 777 (3.2) | 228 (3.1) |
Othersa | 2071 (6.5) | 1300 (5.3) | 771 (10.5) |
Year | |||
2014 | 1440 (4.5) | 994 (4.1) | 446 (6.1) |
2015 | 3148 (9.9) | 2123 (8.7) | 1025 (13.9) |
2016 | 5084 (16.0) | 3344 (13.7) | 1740 (23.7) |
2017 | 13 233 (41.7) | 10 882 (44.6) | 2351 (32.0) |
2018 | 8827 (27.8) | 7037 (28.9) | 1790 (24.4) |
Source continent | |||
Africa | 262 (0.8) | 125 (0.5) | 137 (1.9) |
Americas | 1091 (3.4) | 477 (2.0) | 614 (8.4) |
Asia | 16 749 (52.8) | 11 915 (48.9) | 4834 (65.8) |
Europe | 1528 (4.8) | 834 (3.4) | 694 (9.4) |
Oceania | 989 (3.1) | 521 (2.1) | 468 (6.4) |
Unknown | 11 113 (35.0) | 10 508 (43.1) | 605 (8.2) |
Imported province | |||
Non-border province | 3042 (9.6) | 2592 (10.6) | 450 (6.1) |
Border province | 28 645 (90.3) | 21 746 (89.2) | 6899 (93.8) |
Unknown | 45 (0.1) | 42 (0.2) | 3 (< 0.1) |
Entrance way | |||
Air | 15 251 (48.1) | 12 160 (49.9) | 3091 (42.0) |
Land | 9861 (31.1) | 8961 (36.8) | 900 (12.2) |
Water | 6020 (19.0) | 3029 (12.4) | 2991 (40.7) |
Unknown | 600 (1.9) | 230 (0.9) | 370 (5.0) |
Purpose | |||
Tourism | 10 356 (32.6) | 9047 (37.1) | 1309 (17.8) |
Business | 1834 (5.8) | 1369 (5.6) | 465 (6.3) |
Labour | 1351 (4.3) | 560 (2.3) | 791 (10.8) |
Studying | 293 (0.9) | 156 (0.6) | 137 (1.9) |
Visiting friends or relatives | 626 (2.0) | 310 (1.3) | 316 (4.3) |
Sailor | 1538 (4.9) | 545 (2.2) | 993 (13.5) |
Others | 1937 (6.1) | 1051 (4.3) | 886 (12.1) |
Unknown | 13 797 (43.5) | 11 342 (46.5) | 2455 (33.4) |
Finding way | |||
Fever screening | 23 997 (75.6) | 19 832 (81.4) | 4165 (56.7) |
Medical inspection | 5246 (16.5) | 3286 (13.5) | 1960 (26.7) |
Selfdeclaration | 561 (1.8) | 419 (1.7) | 142 (1.9) |
Reported by onboard staff | 1468 (4.6) | 743 (3.1) | 725 (9.9) |
Others | 460 (1.5) | 100 (0.4) | 360 (4.9) |
Main symptom | |||
Cough | 12 951 (40.8) | 10 170 (41.7) | 2781 (37.8) |
Fever | 7592 (23.9) | 5226 (21.4) | 2366 (32.2) |
Headache | 4556 (14.4) | 3426 (14.1) | 1130 (15.4) |
Chills | 3116 (9.8) | 2210 (9.1) | 906 (12.3) |
Facial flushing | 1836 (5.8) | 1421 (5.8) | 415 (5.6) |
Muscle pain | 1105 (3.5) | 832 (3.4) | 273 (3.7) |