Table.

Capture–recapture analysis (CRA) for all cases with invasive meningococcal disease, stratified analysis by age, serogroup, region and viral status, Germany 2003

RKI, Robert Koch-Institute; NRZM, National Reference Centre for Meningococci (located at the Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology at the University of Würzburg, Bavaria); CI, confidence interval.

^*Two cases from the NRZM had to be excluded from this analysis due to missing data on age.

^†Includes only cases with serogroup B or C.

^‡Five cases from the NRZM had to be excluded from this analysis due to missing data on place of residence.