Table 2. Incidence rates of SAB in Olmsted County, MN, by time period.
| 1998-1999 No. (rate/105) |
2000-2001 No. (rate/105) |
2002-2003 No. (rate/105) |
2004-2005 No. (rate/105) |
All years No.(rate/105) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 46 (26.2) | 63 (34.7) | 68 (36.1) | 70 (35.9) | 247 (33.4) |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 25 (29.8) | 36 (41.5) | 41 (45.5) | 41 (43.9) | 143 (40.4) |
| Female | 21 (22.9) | 27 (28.6) | 27 (27.5) | 29 (28.5) | 104 (26.9) |
| Age | |||||
| 18-39 | 2 (2.6) | 6 (7.6) | 7 (8.6) | 2 (2.4) | 17 (5.3) |
| 40-59 | 13 (20.7) | 15 (22.5) | 14 (20.3) | 17 (23.7) | 59 (21.8) |
| 60-79 | 20 (74.3) | 23 (82.1) | 31 (106.7) | 30 (99.6) | 104 (91.1) |
| >80 | 11 (143.1) | 19 (235.6) | 16 (191.2) | 21 (242.2) | 67 (204.3) |
| Adjusted a | 30.2 (21.4-39.0) | 39.4 (29.6-49.1) | 41.2 (31.3- 51.0) | 41.3 (31.6-51.0) | 38.2 (33.4-43.0) |
SAB: S. aureus bacteremia.
a
Rates were directly adjusted for age and gender to 2000 US adult white population (with 95% CI).