TABLE 3.

Urban/rural distribution of selected bacterial and parasitic infection incidence rates (IR) of children between zero and four years of age in Quebec (1999 to 2006)

	Giardia		Salmonella		Campylobacter		All selected pathogens*
Areas	Cases, n	IR (95% CI)	Cases, n	IR (95% CI)	Cases, n	IR (95% CI)	Cases, n	IR (95% CI)
>1,000,000 inhabitants	403	51.2 (46.2–56.2)	529	67.3 (61.5–73.0)	392	49.8 (44.9–54.8)	1420	180.7 (171.3–190.1)
100,000–1,000,000 inhabitants	426	59.2 (53.6–64.8)	351	48.8 (43.7–53.9)	318	44.2 (39.3–49.1)	1148	159.7 (150.4–168.9)
10,000–100,000 inhabitants	480	58.2 (53.0–63.5)	316	38.3 (34.1–42.6)	287	34.8 (30.8–38.8)	1149	139.5 (131.4–147.5)
<10,000 inhabitants	339	47.6 (42.6–52.7)	374	52.6 (47.2–57.9)	565	79.4 (72.9–86.0)	1351	190.0 (179.8–200.1)

^*Including Giardia, Salmonella, Campylobacter, Escherichia coli, Cryptosporidium and Yersinia