Table 1. Seasonality of SITBs by sex among the cases visited in the EDs in the years 2005 and 2006: cases and, in parenthesis, incidence per 100,000.

Season	Females	Males	Total
Winter (December, January, February)	20 (109)	15 (79)	35 (94)
Spring (Mar, Apr, May)	18 (98)	13 (68)	31 (83)
Summer (June, July, August)	19 (104)	6 (32)	25 (67)
Autumn (September, October, November)	29 (159)	15 (79)	44 (118)
Total	86 (118)	49 (64)	135 (90)