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. 2013 Aug 23;4(3):42–50. doi: 10.5365/WPSAR.2013.4.2.007

Table 1. Laboratory-confirmed influenza cases* by surveillance source, age group and type/subtype, Victoria, Australia, 2012.

Source Age group (years) A/H1 A/H3 A (not subtyped) B
n % n % n % n %
Notified cases 0–4 18 27 13 8 471 12 48 6
5–14 7 10 11 7 400 10 182 25
15–29 14 21 21 13 543 13 149 20
30–49 11 16 35 22 1117 28 194 26
50–64 10 15 25 16 580 14 74 10
≥ 65 7 10 51 33 940 23 94 13
Not reported 4 4
Total 67 100 156 100 4055 100 745 100
GPSS 0–4 3 13 23 11 2 22 2 5
5–14 2 8 32 16 1 11 9 24
15–29 5 21 28 14 3 33 11 29
30–49 9 38 69 34 3 33 13 34
50–64 5 21 35 17 0 0 2 5
≥ 65 0 0 18 9 0 0 1 3
Total 24 100 205 100 9 100 38 100
FluCAN 0–4 22 6 5 10
5–14 7 2 4 8
15–29 28 8 9 18
30–49 59 17 13 26
50–64 54 16 4 8
≥ 65 169 50 15 30
Total 339 100 50 100

FluCAN – Influenza Complications Alert Network; GPSS – General Practice Sentinel Surveillance; Notified cases – cases notified to Department of Health.

* Excluding 29 notified cases of type A and B coinfection and 10 cases of type C (six notified cases and four from GPSS).