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Table 2 Notification rates per 100,000 and relative rate ratios (female-to-male ratio) by virus type and subtype, Australia 2009–2015

From: Influenza infections in Australia 2009–2015: is there a combined effect of age and sex on susceptibility to virus subtypes?

 

A (all notifications) N = 236,171

A(H1N1)pdm09 N = 58,425

A(H3N2) N = 25,147

B N = 97,646

 

Notification rate

Relative rate ratio

Notification rate

Relative rate ratio

Notification rate

Relative rate ratio

Notification rate

Relative rate ratio

Age group

Male

Female

(95% CI)

Male

Female

(95% CI)

Male

Female

(95% CI)

Male

Female

(95% CI)

0–4

292.0

262.7

.90 (.88–.92) a

80.6

71.1

.88 (.84–.92) a

34.1

31.1

.91 (.85–.98) a

108.4

99.3

.92 (.88–.95) a

5–9

221.7

195.2

.88 (.86–.91) a

67.1

55.4

.83 (.78–.87) a

20.4

19.3

.95 (.87–1.03)

182.8

165.3

.90 (.88–.93) a

10–14

168.9

151.7

.90 (.87–.93) a

57.2

47.7

.83 (.79–.88) a

14.2

13.4

.94 (.85–1.05)

107.0

94.5

.88 (.85–.92) a

15–19

150.1

160.0

1.07 (1.03–1.10) b

49.2

54.3

1.10 (1.05–1.16) b

11.0

12.6

1.14 (1.02–1.28) b

67.2

69.9

1.04 (.99–1.09)

20–24

107.0

149.4

1.40 (1.35–1.44) b

38.1

53.0

1.39 (1.32–1.47) b

7.8

12.2

1.55 (1.38–1.74) b

36.0

45.3

1.26 (1.19–1.33) b

25–29

106.9

163.1

1.53 (1.48–1.57) b

35.0

53.4

1.52 (1.44–1.61) b

8.1

14.0

1.73 (1.55–1.94) b

33.1

53.5

1.62 (1.53–1.71) b

30–34

115.2

172.6

1.50 (1.45–1.55) b

30.5

45.4

1.49 (1.40–1.58) b

11.0

17.1

1.55 (1.40–1.72) b

39.8

61.0

1.53 (1.45–1.62) b

35–39

124.0

162.5

1.31 (1.27–1.35) b

31.3

39.6

1.27 (1.19–1.35) b

12.3

17.2

1.39 (1.26–1.54) b

41.4

64.7

1.56 (1.48–1.65) b

40–44

114.7

141.9

1.24 (1.20–1.28) b

27.7

33.3

1.20 (1.12–1.29) b

11.7

13.8

1.18 (1.07–1.31) b

44.2

61.3

1.39 (1.32–1.46) b

45–49

106.3

128.3

1.21 (1.17–1.25) b

26.4

33.3

1.26 (1.18–1.35) b

10.5

12.1

1.15 (1.03–1.29) b

38.2

46.1

1.21 (1.14–1.28) b

50–54

101.1

128.5

1.27 (1.23–1.32) b

26.3

31.9

1.21 (1.13–1.30) b

10.5

12.1

1.15 (1.03–1.29) b

34.5

41.6

1.21 (1.14–1.29) b

55–59

102.0

126.1

1.24 (1.19–1.28) b

22.5

23.7

1.05 (.97–1.14)

9.9

12.5

1.26 (1.12–1.42) b

34.8

43.3

1.24 (1.17–1.33) b

60–64

97.2

123.3

1.27 (1.22–1.32) b

15.9

17.1

1.07 (.97–1.19)

10.4

15.0

1.45 (1.28–1.64) b

32.9

43.9

1.33 (1.24–1.43) b

65–69

100.3

117.0

1.17 (1.12–1.22) b

10.8

10.5

.97 (.84–1.12)

12.5

16.3

1.31 (1.16–1.48) b

35.3

43.7

1.24 (1.15–1.33) b

70–74

118.1

120.3

1.02 (.97–1.07)

9.3

9.8

1.05 (.88–1.25)

17.8

17.7

.99 (.88–1.13)

37.2

41.5

1.11 (1.02–1.21) b

75–79

154.8

146.0

.94 (.90–.99) a

10.0

9.2

.92 (.75–1.12)

25.3

25.2

1.00 (.88–1.13)

44.5

43.7

.98 (.90–1.08)

80–84

190.3

167.3

.88 (.83–.93) a

8.7

7.3

.85 (.66–1.09)

34.2

30.9

.90 (.80–1.02)

45.4

45.0

.99 (.89–1.10)

85+

259.2

232.3

.90 (.85–.94) a

7.4

4.8

.65 (.48–.89) a

50.5

53.9

1.07 (.96–1.19)

61.3

53.5

.87 (.79–.96) a

  1. Source: NNDSSI, extracted on 10th October 2016
  2. a indicates significant male preponderance
  3. b indicates significant female preponderance
  4. Note, numbers are slightly lower than total notifications due to missing data on age and sex