Table 1

Number of death-alert calls to the 117 call system by province and district, September 2014 through December 2016, Sierra Leone

2014 (epi weeks)2015 (epi weeks)2016 (epi weeks)Total
36–3940–521–1314–2627–3940–521–1314–2627–3940–52
Western area
 Western urban329147 58010 277861282974641244721091555128490 093
 Western rural131127 657719171847420398922001548106543359 998
 Subtotal4602 (77%)75 237 (83%)17 468 (56%)15 796 (46%)15 717 (47%)8630
(45%)
4647 (42%)3657 (34%)2620 (39%)1717 (31%)1 50 091 (60%)
Northern province
 Port Loko4474628225926583550201068178119610717 317
 Kambia36309543151818239339317113683047476
 Bombali26721132194262821431469100699574978114 345
 Tonkolili5344010151252809353681792043574730
 Koinadugu16121301476292124132361271071813
 Subtotal819 (14%)7611 (8%)6312 (20%)8532 (25%)8617 (26%)4889 (25%)2699 (25%)2902 (27%)1644 (24%)1656 (30%)45 681 (18%)
Eastern province
 Kailahun46307353641566168201391881502578
 Kenema2242068699742508206994176524736088
 Kono891407139825392370144594192924629011 654
 Subtotal359 (6%)3782 (4%)2450 (8%)3922 (11%)3444 (10%)1819 (9%)1060 (10%)1485 (14%)1086 (16%)913 (17%)20 320 (8%)
Southern province
 Bo121265331413687318221741419170892963219 646
 Moyamba736191375214221401547113894218528610 447
 Pujehun15591842822431254311471091199
 Bonthe325619424324312424361251571405
 Subtotal212 (4%)3587 (4%)4894 (16%)6354 (18%)5808 (17%)3970 (21%)2585 (24%)2717 (25%)1386 (21%)1184 (22%)32 697 (13%)
National
Total5992 (100%)90 217(100%)31 124 (100%)34 604 (100%)33 586 (100%)19 308 (100%)10 991 (100%)10 761 (100%)6736 (100%)5470 (100%)248 789 (100%)