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. 2015 May 27;28(3):603–661. doi: 10.1128/CMR.00134-14

TABLE 1.

Incidence of S. aureus bacteremia per 100,000 person-years in different subpopulations and geographical regions

Population Region(s) Time period (yr) Incidence per 100,000 person-years for all S. aureus isolates (incidence for MRSA isolates)a Reference
All Denmark 1957–1990 3–20 (NA) 8
Adults ≥21 yr of age Denmark 1981–2000 18.2–30.5 (NA) 49
All Denmark 1995–2008 22.7 (0.18) 9
Adults ≥18 yr of age Iceland 1995–2008 24.5 (0.15) 25
All Finland 1995–2001 14 (<0.14) 27
All 7 countries 2000–2008 26.1 (1.9) 7
All Sweden 2003–2005 33.9 (0) 55
All Finland 2004–2007 20 (NA) 50
All Netherlands 2009 19.3 (0.18) 51
All North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 2009 NA (5.76) 51
Adults ≥18 yr of age Quebec 1991–2005 24.1–32.4 (0–7.4) 10
Adults ≥18 yr of age Olmsted County, MN, USA 1998–2005 38.2 (12.4) 11
All New Zealand 1998–2005 21.5 (0.08) 26
All Calgary, Canada 2000–2006 19.7 (2.2) 12
All USA 2004–2005 NA (31.8) 14
All, military USA 2005–2010 4.7 (2) 29
All NT, Australia 2006–2007 65 (16) 30
All Australia 2007–2010 11.2 (16) 31
All, CA Northeast Thailand 2004–2010 2.6 (0.1) 21
Children ≤20 yr of age Denmark 1971–2000 4.5–8.4 (NA) 52
Children ≤18 yr of age Calgary 2000–2006 6.5 (0.05) 53
Children <5 yr of age Kenya 1998–2002 27 (NA) 22
Children <15 yr of age Mozambique 2001–2006 48 (4.3) 23
Children <5 yr of age Ghana 2007–2009 630 (105) 54
Children <13 yr of age South Africa 2005–2006 26 (10) 24
HIV, ≥16 yr of age Denmark 1995–2007 494 (4.9) 35
HIV, adult USA 2000–2004 1,960 (850) 36
Hemodialysis Ireland 1998–2009 17,000 (5,600) 42
All dialysis Taiwan 2003–2008 1,809 (1,131) 41
a

NA, not available.