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. 2011 Sep 8;343:d5408. doi: 10.1136/bmj.d5408

Table 4.

 Posterior summaries of infection attack rates in 2009 pandemic A/H1N1 influenza in England, by age and wave of influenza. Values are posterior median estimates (95% credible intervals)

Age (years) Infection attack rate (%)
June–August wave September–February wave Total
<1 8.0 (3.3 to 15.7) 6.1 (2.4 to 18.4) 14.5 (6.6 to 31.5)
1–4 7.2 (3.3 to 13.3) 15.0 (5.3 to 53.1) 22.7 (9.9 to 62.3)
5–14 10.0 (5.9 to 14.9) 19.3 (9.1 to 52.4) 29.5 (16.9 to 64.1)
15–24 3.7 (1.8 to 7.3) 7.0 (3.4 to 22.3) 10.9 (6.3 to 27.1)
25–44 2.8 (1.1 to 6.9) 5.2 (2.1 to 19.4) 8.2 (3.7 to 24.7)
45–64 1.4 (0.5 to 3.4) 5.0 (1.5 to 20.5) 6.4 (2.3 to 22.9)
≥65 0.3 (0.1 to 1.4) 0.5 (0.1 to 3.7) 0.8 (0.2 to 4.9)
Total 3.4 (2.4 to 4.8) 7.7 (4.6 to 15.0) 11.2 (7.4 to 18.9)