Table 4. Crude annual incidence of Haemophilus influenzae, GAS, and GBS in the Canadian circumpolar region, 2000–2005*.

Year	Incidence/100,000 population (no. cases)
	H. influenzae	GAS	GBS
2000	6.0 (8)	5.3 (7)	3.0 (4)
2001	13.5 (18)	1.5 (2)	3.0 (4)
2002	6.0 (8)	3.8 (5)	1.5 (2)
2003	4.5 (6)	5.3 (7)	3.0 (4)
2004	8.3 (11)	7.5 (10)	1.5 (2)
2005	8.3 (11)	10.5 (14)	0.8 (1)

*GAS, group A streptococci; GBS, group B streptococci.