Sero-epidemiological evaluation of rubella immunity among pre-marriage women in Iran

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Table 1. Distribution of immunity status against rubella in the study population by different geographical regions.

Region	Province	Districts	Number of women	Immunity status
				Susceptible N (%)	Borderline N (%)	Immune N (%)
Low incidence	Sistan and Balouchestan	Zahedan	67	0 (0.0)	1 (1.5)	66 (98.5)
		Iranshahr	67	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	67 (100)
	Kurdistan	Sannandaj	67	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	67(100)
		Saghez	67	1 (1.5)	0 (0.0)	66 (98.5)
	Lorestan	Khoramabbad	67	1 (1.5)	0 (0.0)	66 (98.5)
		Poldokhtar	67	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	67 (100)
subtotal			402	2 (0.5)	1 (0.2)	399 (99.3)
High incidence	Isfahan	Isfahan	67	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	67 (100)
		Shahreza	67	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	67 (100)
	Semnan	Semnan	67	0 (0.0)	1 (1.5)	66 (98.5)
		Damghan	67	2 (3.0)	2 (3.0)	63 (94.0)
	North Khorassan	Bojnoord	67	2 (3.0)	0 (0.0)	65 (97.0)
		Farooj	67	2 (3.0)	1 (1.5)	64 (95.5)
subtotal			402	6 (1.5)	4 (1.0)	392 (97.5)
Total			804	8 (1.0)	5 (0.6)	791 (98.4)

Table 2. Distribution of immune women against rubella by age groups.

				Age group
Region	Province	Districts	Number of women	< 20 yrs N (%)	20–24 yrs N (%)	> 25 yrs N (%)
Low incidence	Sistan and Balouchestan	Zahedan	67	35 (100)	27 (96.4)	4 (100)
		Iranshahr	67	31 (100)	25 (100)	11 (100)
	Kurdistan	Sannandaj	67	21 (100)	28 (100)	18 (100)
		Saghez	67	15 (93.8)	29 (100)	22 (100)
	Lorestan	Khoramabbad	67	15 (100)	22 (100)	29 (96.7)
		Poldokhtar	67	26 (100)	22 (100)	19 (100)
subtotal			402	143 (99.3)	153 (99.4)	103 (99.0)
High incidence	Isfahan	Isfahan	67	9 (100)	27 (100)	31 (100)
		Shahreza	67	23(100)	27(100)	17(100)
	Semnan	Semnan	67	11 (100)	23 (100)	32 (97.0)
		Damghan	67	15 (93.8)	24 (92.3)	24 (96.0)
	North Khorassan	Bojnoord	67	35 (94.6)	21 (100)	9 (100)
		Farooj	67	43 (95.6)	10 (90.9)	11 (100)
subtotal			402	136 (96.5)	132 (97.8)	124 (98.4)
Total			804	279 (97.9)	285 (98.6)	227 (98.7)