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Incidence of Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteraemia and meningitis by age and sex, Finland, 1995–2002 |
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| Ratea of bacteraemia (no of cases) |
Ratea of meningitis (no of cases) |
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| Age group (years) |
Male |
Female |
Total |
Rate ratiob |
95% CIc |
Male |
Female |
Total |
Rate ratiob |
95% CIc |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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