Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of children with group A Streptococcal pharyngeal and skin isolates

Characteristic	Pharyngeal isolates, Auckland (n = 246) (%)	Skin isolates, Auckland (n = 104) (%)	Pharyngeal isolates, Dunedin (n = 103) (%)
Age, median, years [IQR]	8.4 [6.4–11.1]	7.4 [6.1–10.0]	8.2 [7.2–9.2]
Male sex	125 (51)	52 (50)	51 (51)
Ethnicity
European / Other	27 (11)	11 (11)	85 (82)
Māori	68 (28)	41 (39)	13 (13)
Pacific	147 (60)	47 (45)	0
Asian	4 (1)	5 (5)	5 (5)
NZDep
Low	3 (1)	6 (6)	33 (32)
Medium	14 (6)	25 (24)	44 (43)
High	229 (93)	73 (70)	26 (25)