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Meningococcal meningitis in Spain

Meningococcal meningitis has 2 WHO-tracked outbreak events in Spain between 1996 and 1997.

Meningococcal meningitis · Spain · 2 WHO events across 2 calendar years (1996–1997).

Event log

Year DON ID ICD-10 ICD-11
1997 DON0136 A390 1C1C
1996 DON0045, DON0044 A390 1C1C

Position within the disease

  • Spain is rank #16 of 36 for this disease.
  • The country sits in the WHO EUR region.
  • Last reported event: 1997 (29 years ago).

Regional peers (EUR)

6 countries in this region report this disease. Median event count: 1.

Country Events
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2
Spain 2
France 1
Denmark 1
Hungary 1
Norway 1

How this disease ranks among Spain’s threats

Meningococcal meningitis is rank #3 of 15 diseases reported by Spain to the WHO. The full country profile is at the Spain Hub.

Spain health system snapshot

Indicator 2023
Population 48,000,000
Life expectancy 82.80 yr
Healthy life expectancy 71.30 yr
Hospital beds /1k 3.00
Physicians /1k 5.40
Healthcare spending % GDP 10.70%
DTP3 vaccination 97.00%
TB incidence /100k 8.00
HIV prevalence 0.40%

Outbreak Events

2

First Reported

1996

Latest Reported

1997

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Country

Spain • EUR