Table 3.

Annual costs (in $US millions) associated with CA-MRSA infections and SSTIs only in the US and in the military and jail system sub-populations

Incidence Estimate	Third-Party Payer Perspective	Societal Perspective
All CA-MRSA Infections Annual US Burden
Study 1
36.4% of Cases are Pediatric	560 (478 – 644)	2,685 (1,621 – 3,464)
10.1% of Cases are Pediatric	562 (469 – 632)	2,961 (1,494 – 3,989)
Study 2
36.4% of Cases are Pediatric	1,951 (1,665 – 2,244)	9,350 (5,646 – 12,063)
10.1% of Cases are Pediatric	1,958 (1,630 – 2,187)	10,311 (5,205 – 13,892)
Study 3
36.4% of Cases are Pediatric	5,363 (4,577 – 6,169)	25,701 (15,520 – 33,159)
10.1% of Cases are Pediatric	5,509 (5,159 – 6,011)	28,343 (14,308 – 38,186)
SSTI Annual US Burden^
Study 3
521 per 100,000*	343 (259 – 451)	393 (312 –503)
Study 4
164.2 per 100,000*	108 (82 – 142)	124 (98 – 159)
Military
15 per 1,000*	14	16
25 per 1,000*	23	26
35 per 1,000[24]	32	36
Jail System
10 per 1,000*	6	7
12 per 1,000*	7	8
15.84 per 1000[25]	10	11

^*Estimated Incidence

^{^}83% require I&D