TABLE 1.

Prevalence of K. kingae in the respiratory tract and annual incidence of invasive disease in children younger than 48 months

Age (mo)	Respiratory carriage				Invasive disease
	n	%	No. positive	% positive	n	%	Incidencea
0-11	29	4.2	1	3.4	31	42.4	21.2
12-23	173	24.9	7	4.0	33	45.2	22.6
24-35	222	32.0	5	2.3	7	9.6	4.8
36-47	270	38.9	9	3.3	2	2.7	1.4
Total	694	100.0	22	3.2	73	100.0	12.5

^aAnnual incidence per 100,000 population in the period from 1988 to 2002.