Figure 3

Age distribution for prevalence of pneumococcal carriage. The distribution for prevalence of pneumococcal carriage in different age groups resulted from the model simulations compared with observed data. From Högberg et al. (2007) [12] observed data are derived, whereas model data are the mean values of 100 baseline simulations (Age group < 1 yr: mean 4.1%; 95% CI 3.9–4.2%; Age group 1–2 yrs: mean 34.0%, 95% CI 33.2–35.2%; Age group 3–4 yrs: mean 26.5%, 95% CI 25.7–27.2%; Age group 5–6 yrs: 15.4%, 95% CI 14.9–15.9%; Age group 7–18 yrs: mean 8.0%, 95% CI 7.8–8.3%; Age group >18 yrs: 11.9%, 95% CI 9.8–13.9%).