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. 2013 Aug 20;8(8):e71943. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071943

Table 2. Incidence of invasive meningococcal disease (/100,000) case fatality rate (CFR) and percentage of cases with sequelae in age groups in Poland, 2010–2011 (only cases with known outcome were included when calculating the CFR, n = 458).

Age Incidence Total CFR (%) MenBCFRa MenCCFRb Sequelae (%)
in months
0–11 13.36 10.9 9.3 14.3 3.0
12–23 7.69 8.6 9.8 5.9 3.4
24–35 4.24 17.6 26.7 11.1 0.0
36–47 3.91 6.9 7.1 6.7 3.4
48–59 2.57 5.0 10.0 0.0 5.0
in years
0–5 6.35 10.3 11.0 9.0 2.9
5–9 0.89 12.5 9.5 10.0 3.1
10–14 0.56 5.6 12.5 0.0 5.6
15–19 1.33 3.7 3.7 6.5 1.9
20–24 0.53 15.4 23.5 0.0 3.8
25–44 0.18 7.9 0.0 9.5 2.6
45–64 0.17 2.9 0.0 6.7 5.7
65+ 0.14 46.2 37.5 50.0 7.7
All ages 0.65 10.0 10.3 8.8 3.3
a

MenB CFR - case fatality rate associated with infections caused by serogroup B meningococci;

b

MenC CFR - case fatality rate associated with infections caused by serogroup C meningococci.