Table 3 Outcome of Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteraemia and meningitis by age and sex, Finland, 1995–2002.
| Â | Number of deaths (case fatality proportion, %) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Bacteremia | Meningitis | ||||||||||
| Â | 7 days | 28 days | 90 days | 7 days | 28 days | 90 days | ||||||
Age group (years) | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female |
0–17 | 2 (0.6) | 4 (1.3) | 2 (0.6) | 4 (1.3) | 2 (0.6) | 4 (1.3) | 1 (4.5) | 2 (7.7) | 1 (4.5) | 2 (7.7) | 1 (4.5) | 2 (7.7) |
18–34 | 9 (3.4) | 6 (4.2) | 15 (5.7) | 7 (4.9) | 15 (5.7) | 8 (5.6) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (16.7) | 2 (11.8) | 2 (33.3) | 2 (11.8) | 2 (33.3) |
35–49 | 43 (7.9) | 22 (8.9) | 59 (10.9) | 27 (11.0) | 67 (12.3) | 33 (13.5) | 4 (9.3) | 3 (15.0) | 8 (18.6) | 4 (20.0) | 9 20.9) | 5 (25.0) |
50–64 | 53 (9.7) | 21 (6.7) | 92 (16.7) | 28 (8.9) | 114 (20.9) | 39 (12.4) | 4 (9.5) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (16.7) | 3 (9.4) | 12 (28.6) | 4 (12.5) |
65–74 | 39 (11.2) | 26 (9.4) | 55 (15.8) | 37 (13.4) | 76 (21.8) | 47 (17.1) | 2 (20.0) | 4 (23.5) | 3 (30.0) | 5 (29.4) | 3 (30.0) | 5 (29.4) |
≥ 75 | 65 (21.4) | 58 (13.3) | 84 (27.6) | 83 (19.0) | 100 (32.9) | 109 (24.9) | 2 (25.0) | 2 (25.0) | 3 (37.5) | 3 (37.5) | 3 (37.5) | 4 (50.0) |
All | 211 (8.8) | 137 (8.0) | 307 (12.8) | 186 (10.9) | 374 (15.6) | 240 (14.0) | 13 (9.1) | 12 (11.0) | 24 (16.9) | 19 (17.4) | 30 (21.1) | 22 (20.2) |