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Total risk of invasive meningococcal disease in Canada in different age groups based on rates between 2006 and 2011, for any serogroup and serogroup B
| Age, years |
Age-specific risk of invasive meningococcal disease
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Any serogroup | Serogroup B | |
| <2 | 1 in 10,000 | 1 in 11,900 |
| 2–14 | 1 in 12,400 | 1 in 18,500 |
| 15–24 | 1 in 8700 | 1 in 13,900 |
| ≥25 | 1 in 4600 | 1 in 11,200 |
| Childhood (0–18) | 1 in 4200 | 1 in 6200 |
| Lifetime risk | 1 in 1900 | 1 in 3200 |
