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. 2013 Dec 3;8(12):e82280. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082280

Figure 1. Prevalence of S. pneumoniae carriage in 1500 Aboriginal people (<5 years, ≥ 5 years) by Western Australian health regions.

Figure 1

N = number of nasopharyngeal swabs collected per region for participants (< 5 years, ≥ 5 years). Overall, the prevalence of S. pneumoniae carriage was 71.9% in children < 5 years, and 34.6% in people ≥ 5 years. Specimens were collected 1 Aug 2008 - 30 June 2011.