Table 2. Length of hospitalization for botulism type E case-patients, by age group, Canada, 1985–2005.
| Age group, y | No. cases | Length of hospitalization, d |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Median | Range | ||
| <30 | 5 | 47.6 | 2 | 1–225 |
| 30–39 | 8 | 4.6 | 4 | 1–8 |
| 40–49 | 18 | 10.8 | 9.5 | 3–29 |
| 50–59 | 23 | 6.0 | 4 | 1–18 |
| 60–69 | 10 | 15.3 | 15.5 | 3–30 |
| >70 | 6 | 12.0 | 6.5 | 2–37 |
| All | 70 | 11.9 | 7 | 1–225 |