Summary of the best-fitting annual risks of infection for age groups 25–34, 35–44, 45–54, 55–64 and 65–74 years for 1967, 1970, 1975 and 1978, obtained by fitting model predictions of disease incidence to the notification rates for the period 1967–1978, assuming that the risks of disease for (infected) males in Hong Kong were identical to those for males in the United Kingdom.