Volume 27, Number 4—April 2021
Synopsis
Reemergence of Human Monkeypox and Declining Population Immunity in the Context of Urbanization, Nigeria, 2017–2020
Phi-Yen Nguyen
, Whenayon Simeon Ajisegiri, Valentina Costantino, Abrar A. Chughtai, and C. Raina MacIntyre
, Whenayon Simeon Ajisegiri, Valentina Costantino, Abrar A. Chughtai, and C. Raina MacIntyre
Table 3
Annual population growth and number of cases, by state, Nigeria, 2006–2016*
| State |
Zone |
Area, km2 |
Population density, 2006, persons/km2 |
Population density, 2016, persons/km2 |
Annual population growth, % |
No. cases |
| Abia | SE | 4,900 | 580.7 | 760.7 | 3.1 | 1–9 confirmed cases |
| Adamawa | NE | 38,700 | 82.1 | 109.8 | 3.4 | Only suspected/probable cases |
| Akwa Ibom | SS | 6,900 | 565.5 | 794.5 | 4.0 | 1–9 confirmed cases |
| Anambra | SE | 4,865 | 858.8 | 1136.2 | 3.2 | 1–9 confirmed cases |
| Bauchi | NE | 49,119 | 94.7 | 133.1 | 4.0 | Only suspected/probable cases |
| Bayelsa | SS | 9,059 | 188.2 | 251.5 | 3.4 | 30–39 confirmed cases |
| Benue | NC | 30,800 | 138.1 | 186.4 | 3.5 | 1–9 confirmed cases |
| Borno | NE | 72,609 | 57.4 | 80.7 | 4.0 | Only suspected/probable cases |
| Cross River | SS | 21,787 | 132.8 | 177.5 | 3.4 | 1–9 confirmed cases |
| Delta | SS | 17,108 | 240.4 | 331.0 | 3.8 | 11–19 confirmed cases |
| Ebonyi | SE | 6,400 | 340.1 | 450.1 | 3.2 | Only suspected/probable cases |
| Edo | SS | 19,187 | 168.5 | 220.8 | 3.1 | 1–9 confirmed cases |
| Ekiti | SW | 5,435 | 441.4 | 601.8 | 3.6 | 1–9 confirmed cases |
| Enugu | SE | 7,534 | 433.7 | 585.5 | 3.5 | 1–9 confirmed cases |
| FCT | NC | 7,607 | 184.9 | 468.5 | 15.3 | 1–9 confirmed cases |
| Gombe | NE | 17,100 | 138.3 | 190.5 | 3.8 | No cases |
| Imo | SE | 5,288 | 742.7 | 1022.8 | 3.8 | 1–9 confirmed cases |
| Jigawa | NW | 23,287 | 187.3 | 250.3 | 3.4 | No cases |
| Kaduna | NW | 42,481 | 143.9 | 194.3 | 3.5 | Only suspected/probable cases |
| Kano | NW | 20,280 | 463.6 | 644.8 | 3.9 | Only suspected/probable cases |
| Katsina | NW | 23,561 | 246.2 | 332.4 | 3.5 | Only suspected/probable cases |
| Kebbi | NW | 36,985 | 88.1 | 120.1 | 3.6 | Only suspected/probable cases |
| Kogi | NC | 27,747 | 119.4 | 161.2 | 3.5 | Only suspected/probable cases |
| Kwara | NC | 35,705 | 66.2 | 89.4 | 3.5 | Only suspected/probable cases |
| Lagos | SW | 3,671 | 2482.6 | 3418.8 | 3.8 | 11–19 confirmed cases |
| Nasarawa | NC | 28,735 | 65.1 | 87.8 | 3.5 | 1–9 confirmed cases |
| Niger | NC | 68,925 | 57.4 | 80.6 | 4.0 | Only suspected/probable cases |
| Ogun | SW | 16,400 | 228.7 | 318.2 | 3.9 | No cases |
| Ondo | SW | 15,820 | 218.8 | 295.3 | 3.5 | Only suspected/probable cases |
| Osun | SW | 9,026 | 378.6 | 521.3 | 3.8 | No cases |
| Oyo | SW | 26,500 | 210.6 | 295.9 | 4.0 | 1–9 confirmed cases |
| Plateau | NC | 27,147 | 118.1 | 154.7 | 3.1 | 1–9 confirmed cases |
| Rivers | SS | 10,575 | 491.6 | 690.7 | 4.0 | 30–39 confirmed cases |
| Sokoto | NW | 27,825 | 133.1 | 179.6 | 3.5 | No cases |
| Taraba | NE | 56,282 | 40.8 | 54.5 | 3.4 | No cases |
| Yobe | NE | 46,609 | 49.8 | 70.7 | 4.2 | No cases |
| Zamfara | NW | 37,931 | 86.4 | 119.0 | 3.8 | Only suspected/probable cases |
| National average |
NA |
24,592 |
304.4 |
421.1 |
3.93 |
NA |
| *NA, not applicable; FCT, Federal Capital City; NC, North-Central; NE, North-East; NW, North-West; SE, South-East; SS, South-South; SW, South-West. | ||||||
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