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Table 1 Number of cases and incidence rates of community-associated and hospital-acquired C. difficile infection, 2004-2007

From: Incidence of and risk factors for community-associated Clostridium difficile infection: A nested case-control study

Year

Total Person-years

Number of CA-CDI Cases

CA-CDI Incidence Rate*

Number of HA-CDI Cases

HA-CDI Incidence Rate*

2004

667,113

62

9.29

85

12.71

2005

673,630

84

12.47

76

11.28

2006

666,127

74

11.11

84

12.61

2007

716,265

84

11.76

93

12.98

  1. * Incidence rates expressed as the number of cases per 100,000 person-years.