Table 2 Age, gender, immune-status, and case-fatality rate by indigenous status among 182 adults hospitalized for IPD in northwestern Ontario, Canada, 2006–2015
No. of patients (%) | Mean age, years (standard deviation) | Gender | Immune status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Immuno-compromised (%) | Immuno-competent (%) | Total | |||||
Male (%) | Female (%) | ||||||
Indigenous | 53 (29.1) | 43.4 (17.9) | 31 (58.4) | 22 (41.5) | 35 (66.0) | 18 (34.0) | 53 |
Death count | 1 (25.0) | 3 (75.0) | 4 | ||||
Case-fatality rate (%) | 2.9 | 16.7 | 7.5 | ||||
Non-indigenous | 129 (70.9) | 62.7 (14.3) | 73 (56.6) | 56 (43.4) | 38 (29.5) | 91 (70.5) | 129 |
Death count | 5 (45.5) | 6 (54.5) | 11 | ||||
Case-fatality rate (%) | 13.2 | 6.6 | 8.5 | ||||
p values* | < 0.001 | 0.58 | 0.35 | 0.21 | 0.17 | 1.00 | |