Incidence of illness in the precompetition and competition periods for athletes competing at the Rio 2016 Summer Paralympic Games
| Period | Total number of illnesses (percentage of total number of illnesses) | Number of athletes with an illness | Total number of athletes competing | Total number of athlete days | Proportion of athletes with an illness (%) | Illness incidence rate: number of illnesses/1000 athlete days (95% CI) |
| All | 511 (100) | 454 | 3657 | 51 198 | 12.4 | 10.0 (9.2 to 10.9) |
| Precompetition | 105 (20.5) | 100 | 3657 | 10 971 | 2.7 | 9.6 (7.9 to 11.6) |
| Competition | 406 (79.5) | 369 | 3657 | 40 227 | 10.1 | 10.1 (9.2 to 11.1) |