Table 3.

Age-specific measles hospitalization rates by geographical area. Italy 2002 and 2003.

	N. hospitalizations/100 000 population
Age group (yrs)	2002			2003
	North	Centre	South	North	Centre	South
<1	4.4	49.2	90.7	6.4	15.3	35.1
1–4	5.2	36.0	78.2	3.6	10.4	37.2
5–9	4.6	28.4	52.5	2.7	8.2	28.4
10–14	3.1	19.5	23.9	2.8	7.5	20.8
15–19	2.0	13.5	12.5	5.0	8.2	16.8
≥ 20	0.4	2.0	1.7	0.6	2.1	2.0
Total	1.0	6.3	9.4	1.2	2.8	6.5

Note: For each age group, differences observed among geographical areas were all statistically significant (p < 0.001).