Table 1.

Kawasaki disease and paediatric infectious diseases compared in the present study and their mean patient ages (years) in Japan measured between 2000 and 2010

Disease	Main aetiological agents	Vaccine	National crude mean age	National adjusted mean age	Range of prefectural crude mean age	Range of prefectural adjusted mean age
Kawasaki disease	Unknown	Not available	2·6	2·4	2·1–2·7	2·1–2·6
Exanthema subitum*	Human herpes virus 6 & 7	Not available	0·91	0·91	0·78–1·1	0·78–1·1
Herpangina	Enteroviuses	Not available	3·4	3·4	2·3–4·3	2·4–4·2
Hand, foot and mouth disease	Enteroviuses	Not available	3·7	3·6	2·5–4·1	2·5–4·1
Chickenpox	Varicella-zoster virus	Voluntary	3·7	3·7	3·1–4·3	3·0–4·3
Pharyngoconjunctival fever	Adenoviruses	Not available	4·6	4·5	3·5–5·7	3·4–5·7
Erythema infectiosum	Human parvovirus B19	Not available	6·1	6·1	5·5–6·7	5·4–6·7
Group A streptococcus	Streptococcus pyogenes	Not available	7·1	7·1	6·1–8·4	6·1–8·3

^*Synonym for roseola infantum.