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. 2010 Jul 21;5(7):e11677. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011677

Table 1. Overall and survey-specific ILI prevalence estimates by sex, age-group and borough, New York City, May 1–June 19, 2009.

Survey 1* Survey 2* Combined Estimate May 1–June 19
Number with ILI** Percent with ILI 95% CI Number with ILI** Percent with ILI 95% CI Number with ILI** Percent with ILI 95% CI
Total 576,000 6.9 6.0–7.9 1,007,000 12.0 10.0–14.6 1,318,000 15.8 13.2–19.0
Sex
Male 266,00 6.7 5.3–8.5 402,000 10.1 7.5–13.3 540,000 13.5 10.2–18.0
Female 314,00 7.2 6.0–8.7 608,000 13.9 10.7–17.6 764,000 17.5 13.6–22.1
Age Group
0–17 224,000 11.7 9.2–14.7 405,000 21.1 15.9–26.7 510,000 26.6 20.1–34.0
18–64 306,000 5.7 4.6–6.8 544,000 10.1 7.6–13.3 717,000 13.2 10.2–17.2
65+ 45,000 4.3 3.0–6.3 59,000 5.7 4.1–7.1 91,000 8.8 6.2–12.6
Borough
Bronx 50,000 3.6 2.2–5.7 127,000 9.1 5.8–13.4 155,000 11.1 7.0–16.6
Brooklyn 230,000 9.0 7.2–11.4 335,000 13.1 10.1–17.1 452,000 17.7 13.7–23.4
Manhattan 61,000 3.7 2.3–5.8 184,000 11.3 7.8–15.5 217,000 13.3 9.1–18.6
Queens 217,000 9.4 7.0–12.7 280,000 12.2 8.2–18.6 383,000 16.7 11.6–25.4
Staten Island 20,000 4.2 2.3–7.4 87,000 17.9 7.3–34.8 98,000 20.1 8.6–38.9

*Survey 1 conducted May 21–27, covering time period May 1–27. Survey 2 conducted June 15–19, covering time period May 15–June 19.

**Number with influenza-like illness (ILI) calculated by multiplying the group-specific 2007 population estimates by the percent with ILI and rounding to the nearest 1000.