Table 1. Incidence of community-associated and healthcare-associated Clostridium difficile infections in patients, by age and sex, Finland, 2008–2013*.

Patientage, y	Community-associated								Healthcare-associated
	Female sex				Male sex				Female sex				Male sex
	No.	No. person-years	Rate		No.	No. person-years	Rate		No.	No. person-years	Rate		No.	No. person-years	Rate
1–14	252	2,612,610	9.6		248	2,729,947	9.1		126	2,612,610	4.8		152	2,729,947	5.6
15–44	1,551	5,881,383	26.4		886	6,163,161	14.4		578	5,881,383	9.8		533	6,163,161	8.6
45–64	1,655	4,593,089	36.0		1,188	4,554,108	26.1		1,524	4,593,089	33.2		2,047	4,554,108	44.9
65–74	950	1,682,708	56.5		755	1,472,378	51.3		1,917	1,682,708	113.9		2,232	1,472,378	151.6
75–84	1,195	1,176,883	101.5		680	767,551	88.6		4,325	1,176,883	367.5		3,140	767,551	409.1
>84	944	510,899	184.8		339	187,511	180.8		4,224	510,899	826.8		1,550	187,511	826.6
All	6,547	16,457,572	39.8		4,096	15,874,656	25.8		12,694	16,457,572	77.1		9,654	15,874,656	60.8

*Rate is the average annualized incidence rate (episodes/100,000 population).