Table 1. Number of MRSA infections grouped by gender and age group.
| No. of cases | Gender (%) | Age groups (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | M | 0–19 | 20–39 | 40–69 | ≥70 | ||
| Total MRSA infections | |||||||
| Period: 2006–2015 | 5289 | 44.6* | 55.2 | 23.1 | 31.3 | 29.4 | 16.2 |
| Year: 2006 | 338 | 49.4 | 50.6 | 19.5 | 27.8 | 29.3 | 23.4 |
| Year: 2015 | 786 | 42.0 | 58.0 | 26.5 | 31.7 | 28.7 | 13.1 |
| MRSA infections acquired in Norway | |||||||
| Period: 2006–2015 | 2255 | 48.7 | 51.3 | 22.9 | 24.4 | 27.2 | 25.4 |
| Year: 2006 | 208 | 49.0 | 51.0 | 17.8 | 23.5 | 30.3 | 28.4 |
| Year: 2015 | 279 | 45.9 | 54.1 | 24.7 | 24.0 | 29.7 | 21.5 |
| MRSA infections acquired abroad | |||||||
| Period: 2006–2015 | 1370 | 39.5† | 60.1 | 24.4 | 38.8 | 30.6 | 6.2 |
| Year: 2006 | 82 | 47.6 | 52.4 | 25.6 | 36.6 | 28.0 | 9.8 |
| Year: 2015 | 204 | 33.8 | 66.2 | 28.9 | 37.8 | 28.4 | 4.9 |
| MRSA infections with an unknown place of acquisition | |||||||
| Period: 2006–2015 | 1664 | 43.3‡ | 56.3 | 22.4 | 34.2 | 31.6 | 11.8 |
| Year: 2006 | 48 | 54.2 | 45.8 | 16.7 | 31.2 | 27.1 | 25.0 |
| Year: 2015 | 303 | 43.9 | 56.1 | 26.4 | 34.6 | 28.0 | 11.0 |
For each analyzed scenario we report the MRSA infections notified in Norway during the entire study period (2006–2015), in 2006 only, and in 2015 only.
* 12 cases (0.2%) were reported with the variable gender undefined.
† 5 cases (0.4%) were reported with the variable gender undefined.
‡ 7 cases (0.4%) were reported with the variable gender undefined.