Table 1. Annual incidence of candidemia by sex and age group, Finland, 1995–1999.

Characteristics		Ratea
		1995			1996				1997	1998				1999	1995–1999
Males (y)
<1		12.5			10.0		3.3					6.9	27.3			11.9 (18)
1–15		1.2			0.4		0.6					0	0.2			0.5 (12)
16–65		1.0			1.9		1.9					2.1	2.4			1.8 (159)
>65		7.7			6.3		6.1					9.4	7.7			7.4 (97)
All		1.9 (46)			2.1 (53)		2.1 (53)					2.5 (63)	2.8 (71)			2.3 (286)
Females (y)
<1	6.5			3.4				0				3.6	21.3				6.9 (10)
1–15	0.6			0.4				0.6				0.2	0.6				0.5 (12)
16–65	1.0			0.8				1.1				1.2	0.8				1.0 (84)
>65	4.2			4.3				3.4				3.6	4.2				3.9 (87)
All	1.5 (39)			1.4 (36)				1.4 (37)				1.5 (39)	1.6 (42)				1.5 (193)
All (y)
<1	9.6		6.6			1.7					5.3		24.4				9.4 (28)
1–15	1.0		0.5			0.6					0.1		0.4				0.5 (24)
16–65	1.0		1.4			1.5					1.7		1.6				1.4 (243)
>65	5.4		5.0			4.4					5.7		5.6				5.2 (184)
All	1.7 (85)		1.7 (89)			1.8 (90)					2.0 (102)		2.2 (113)				1.9 (479)

^aCases per 100,000 population (no. of cases).