Table 4.

annual incidence rates of serious infections, in the Yearly Contact Group, per 1000 children, from 1998–2002.

		0–4 years (95% CI)	5–9 years (95% CI)	10–14 years (95% CI)	Total (95% CI)
Pneumonia	girls	19.0 (15.8 – 22.7)	10.2 (8.03 – 12.7)	4.0 (2.76 – 5.67)	10.5 (8.78 – 11.5)
	boys	17.3 (14.2 – 22.1)	9.6 (7.64 – 12.0)	4.5 (3.21 – 6.18)	10.0 (8.46 – 11.0)
	total	18.1 (15.8 – 20.5)	9.9 (8.06 – 11.1)	4.3 (3.34 – 5.40)	10.25 (9.18 – 11.0)
Pyelonephritis/pyelitis	girls	1.6 (0.75 – 2.91)	0.9 (0.371 – 1.90)	0.5 (0.014 – 1.28)	1.0 (0.59 – 1.47)
	boys	1.0 (0.40 – 2.06)	0.2 (0.03 – 0.88)	0.2 (0.028 – 0.84)	0.4 (0.231 – 0.83)
	total	1.3 (0.74 – 2.04)	0.6 (0.26 – 1.08)	0.4 (0.13 – 0.79)	0.7 (0.48 – 0.99)
Meningitis/Sepsis	girls	1.4 (0.65 – 2.71)	0.5 (0.015 – 1.35)	-	0.6 (0.32 – 1.02)
	boys	1.3 (0.59 – 2.45)	1.3 (0.50 – 2.09)	0.1 (0.03 – 6.46)	0.8 (0.45 – 1.19)
	total	1.4 (0.80 – 2.14)	1.1 (0.44 – 1.41)	0.06 (0.02 – 3.36)	0.7 (0.48 – 0.99)
Infection of the limbs	girls	0.2 (0.004 – 0.88)	0.4 (0.082 – 1.16)	0.4 (0.078 – 1.10)	0.3 (0.12 – 0.66)
	boys	0.7 (0.23 – 1.67)	0.4 (0.076 – 1.07)	0.5 (0.13 – 1.19)	0.5 (0.26 – 0.88)
	total	0.5 (0.17 – 0.98)	0.4 (0.14 – 0.83)	0.4 (0.17 – 0.87)	0.4 (0.25 – 0.65)
Total	girls	21.7 (17.2 – 26.2)	12.0 (9.67 – 14.8)	4.9 (3.48 – 6.69)	12.2 (10.5 – 13.4)
	boys	20.3 (16.9 – 23.6)	11.4 (9.17 – 13.9)	5.2 (3.81 – 7.00)	11.7 (10.4 – 13.2)
	total	21.1 (17.9 – 22.9)	11.7 (9.81 – 13.2)	5.1 (4.04 – 6.27)	12.0 (10.9 – 12.9)