Table 1

Incidence of Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteraemia and meningitis by age and sex, Finland, 1995–2002


Ratea of bacteraemia (no of cases)
Ratea of meningitis (no of cases)



Age group (years)
Male
Female
Total
Rate ratiob
95% CIc
Male
Female
Total
Rate ratiob
95% CIc

0–17
8.3 (386)
6.0 (299)
7.2 (685)
1.4
1.2–1.6
0.5 (22)
0.6 (26)
0.5 (48)
0.8
0.5–1.4
18–34
5.7 (265)
3.2 (142)
4.5 (407)
1.8
1.5–2.2
0.4 (17)
0.1 (6)
0.3 (23)
4.0
0.7–10.1
35–49
11.3 (544)
5.3 (245)
8.4 (789)
2.1
1.8–2.5
0.9 (43)
0.4 (20)
0.7 (63)
2.2
1.3–3.8
50–64
14.6 (546)
8.2 (314)
11.4 (860)
1.8
1.5–2.0
1.1 (42)
0.8 (32)
1.0 (74)
1.4
0.9–2.2
65–74
23.0 (349)
13.9 (275)
17.9 (624)
1.7
1.4–1.9
0.7 (10)
0.9 (17)
0.8 (27)
0.8
0.4–1.7
≥ 75
37.4 (304)
24.1 (437)
28.2 (741)
1.6
1.3–1.8
1.0 (8)
0.4 (8)
0.6 (16)
2.5
0.9–6.7
All
11.9 (2394)
8.1 (1712)
9.9 (4106)
1.5
1.4–1.6
0.7 (142)
0.5 (109)
0.6 (251)
1.4
1.1–1.8

aAverage annual incidence (cases per 100,000 population); bmale to female rate ratio; cCI, confidence interval

Klemets et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:96   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-96