Table 2: Age distribution of clinically suspected, bacterial culture positive and meningococcal meningitis cases.

Age Group	Clinically Suspected Meningitis Cases n (%)	Culture Positive Meningitis Cases n (%)	Meningococcal Meningitis Cases n (%)
Neonate < 1 month	128 (33.1)	13 (10.2)	1 (0.8)
Infant 1 month-1 year	74 (19.1)	4 (5.4)	1 (1.3)
Child 1-10 years	40 (10.3)	6 (15.0)	3 (7.5)
Adolescent 10-19 years	33 (8.5)	6 (18.2)	3 (9.1)
Adults 19-45 years	80 (20.7)	1 (1.2)	0 (0.00)
Adults above 45 years	32 (8.3)	2 (6.2)	1 (3.1)

There was a slight predominance of clinically suspected male (56.8%) meningitis cases with male:female ratio of 1.32:1. Of the 9 meningococcal meningitis cases, 77.8% (7/9) were male (Table 3).