Table 1 Characteristics and patient demographics of Staphylococcus aureus infections, Auckland District Health Board, New Zealand, 2001–2011

Age, median, years (IQR)

22 (6 – 50)

13 (4 – 37)

35 (10 – 60)

40 (8 – 67)

< 0.001^c

Gender, male

9,098 (56)

4,967 (57)

2,965 (54)

1,166 (59)

< 0.001^d

Clinical syndrome

 Invasive

3,752 (23)

1,220 (14)

1,427 (26)

1,105 (56)

< 0.001^d

 Non-invasive

12,497 (77)

7,534 (86)

4,096 (74)

867 (44)

-

Ethnicity^a

 European

6,824 (42)

3,114 (36)

2,658 (48)

1,052 (54)

< 0.001^d

 Māori

3,211 (20)

1,908 (22)

978 (18)

325 (17)

< 0.001^d

 Pacific peoples

4,802 (30)

2,932 (34)

1,444 (26)

426 (22)

< 0.001^d

 Other

1,327 (8)

743 (8)

427 (8)

157 (8)

0.25^d

NZDep^b

 1–3

3,093 (20)

1,553 (19)

1,105 (21)

435 (23)

< 0.001 ^d

 4–7

5,443 (35)

2,780 (34)

1,976 (37)

687 (37)

 8–10

6,861 (45)

3,915 (47)

2,202 (42)

744 (40)

0.015 ^d

< 0.001 ^d