Table 2.

Hospitalised and overall 30 days case fatality by age, sex and study year

Hospitalised 30 days case fatality (%)
		Age groups (years)
	Study year	< 40	40-49	50-59	60-69	70+	All ages
Men	1986 to 1990	21.8	30.0	27.4	33.3	46.2	30.0
	1991 to 1995	15.5	22.4	23.7	32.3	46.7	25.7
	1996 to 2000	17.3	21.3	26.3	39.2	52.1	29.3
	2001 to 2005	17.7	21.4	17.6	27.5	49.6	24.5
	All years	18.1	23.6	23.8	33.2	48.9	27.4
Women	1986 to 1990	18.1	32.6	31.0	38.2	46.0	33.9
	1991 to 1995	17.7	26.2	26.1	32.2	40.9	28.5
	1996 to 2000	13.6	22.3	25.8	30.4	48.2	29.7
	2001 to 2005	17.4	18.8	24.4	32.6	47.1	29.1
	All years	16.7	24.7	26.7	33.3	45.9	30.2
Overall 30 days case fatality (%)
		Age groups (years)
	Study year	< 40	40-49	50-59	60-69	70+	All ages
Men	1986 to 1990	33.1	41.9	43.7	48.1	55.5	42.9
	1991 to 1995	27.1	32.2	38.8	45.2	59.3	38.4
	1996 to 2000	26.3	32.8	37.0	48.7	60.9	39.6
	2001 to 2005	27.0	32.8	33.2	40.6	62.3	37.6
	All years	28.5	34.6	38.0	45.6	59.7	39.6
Women	1986 to 1990	27.9	43.0	45.2	50.0	60.7	46.8
	1991 to 1995	25.4	37.1	37.7	42.6	52.9	39.5
	1996 to 2000	19.3	31.8	33.8	40.4	57.2	38.8
	2001 to 2005	25.8	27.5	37.6	42.7	58.0	40.2
	All years	24.6	34.7	38.4	44.0	57.3	41.2