Table 2.

Characteristics of Persons With Yersinia enterocolitica Infection, by Race, Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 1996–2009

	Black			White			Asian/Pacific Islander			Other			Totala
	n = 649			n = 795			n = 164			n = 29			n = 2085
	No.	%	Rateb	No.	%	Rateb	No.	%	Rateb	No.	%	Rateb	No.	%	Rateb
Sex
Female	331	51	0.9	407	51	0.2	69	42	0.7	19	66	0.3	1056	51	0.5
Male	317	49	0.9	388	49	0.2	95	58	1.0	10	34	0.2	1024	49	0.5
Missing	1	<1	…	0	0	…	0	0	…	0	0	…	5	<1	…
Median age	0.7			35			3			2.6			7
Age (y)
<1	426	66	49.3	96	12	2.2	60	37	19.7	10	34	5.5	677	32	12.3
1 to <5	100	15	3.1	87	11	0.5	37	23	3.0	8	28	1.2	311	15	1.4
5 to <60	89	14	0.2	418	53	0.2	54	33	0.3	9	31	0.1	788	38	0.2
≥60	34	5	0.4	194	24	0.3	13	8	0.4	2	7	0.2	309	15	0.4

^aIncludes 448 cases with unknown race.

^bAverage annual crude rate per 100 000.