Age group | Population at risk† | Number of hospitalisations | Mean weekly rate | Annual rate attributable to influenza (95% CI)‡ | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rate/100 000 population‡ | |||||||
Influenza predominant period | Baseline period | Influenza predominant period | Baseline period | Excess attributable to influenza | |||
*As per previous study.5 | |||||||
†Australian Bureau of Statistics mid-year estimate for 2000. | |||||||
‡Rates and CIs rounded to whole numbers. | |||||||
<1 y | 55972 | 558 | 482 | 142 | 56 | 86 | 604 (514 to 694) |
1 to <2 y | 54566 | 443 | 459 | 116 | 55 | 61 | 424 (340 to 507) |
2 to <5 y | 161989 | 519 | 676 | 46 | 27 | 18 | 128 (97 to 159) |
5 to <10 y | 268358 | 217 | 261 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 36 (24 to 48) |
10 to <18 y | 417458 | 150 | 230 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 (4 to 17) |