Table 1. Demographic distributions of invasive bacterial diseases in Northern Canada, by disease, gender and ethnicity, 2006–2013.
| Disease (Total number) | Median age, years (range)1 | Number of cases (percentage, %) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex2 (male/female) |
Ethnicity3 | |||||
| First Nations | Inuit | Métis | Non-Indigenous | |||
| IPD (N=270) | 39 (0–92) | 142/127 | 114 (46) | 94 (38) | 3 (1) | 36 (15) |
| iGAS (N=110) | 41 (0–90) | 61/49 | 50 (48) | 44 (42) | 0 | 11 (10) |
| Hi (N=109) | 1 (0–80) | 59/50 | 28 (11) | 74 (72) | 0 | 1 (1) |
| IMD (N=13) | 0 (0–56) | 5/8 | 4 (31) | 6 (46) | 0 | 3 (23) |
| GBS (N=8) | 0 (0–88) | 5/3 | 3 (38) | 4 (50) | 0 | 1 (12) |
Abbreviations: GBS, Group B streptococcal disease; Hi, Haemophilus influenzae; iGAS, invasive Group A streptococcal disease; IMD, invasive meningococcal disease; IPD, invasive pneumococcal disease 1 Two cases with unknown age were excluded 2 One case with unknown sex was excluded 3 Thirty-five cases with unknown ethnicity were excluded