Table 4.
Region | Latitude | Incidence a | Period | Citation |
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Asia | ||||
Japan | 24–46 | 264.8 | 2012 | Makino et al. 2015 [7] |
Korea | 33–39 | 194.7 | 2014 | Kim et al. 2017 [9] |
Beijing | 39 | 55.1 | 2004 | Du et al. 2007 [12] |
Shanghai | 31 | 55.5 | 2012 | Chen et al. 2016 [13] |
Taiwan | 22–25 | 69.0 | 2003–2006 | Huang et al. 2009 [14] |
Hong Kong | 22 | 39.0 | 1994–2000 | Ng et al. 2005 [15] |
India | 8–37 | 7.0 | 2014 | Singh et al. 2016 [10] |
Thailand | 5–20 | 2.6 | 2002 | Durongpisitkul et al. 2006 [11] |
North America | ||||
Canada | 41–83 | 26.2 | 1995–2006 | Lin et al. 2010 [16] |
United States | 18–71 | 20.8 | 2006 | Holman et al. 2010 [17] |
Europe | ||||
Finland | 59–70 | 11.4 | 1998–2009 | Salo et al. 2012 [18] |
Norway | 57–80 | 5.4 | 1998–2009 | Salo et al. 2012 [18] |
Sweden | 55–69 | 7.4 | 1998–2009 | Salo et al. 2012 [18] |
Ireland | 51–55 | 15.2 | 1996–2000 | Lynch et al. 2003 [19] |
Netherlands | 50–53 | 5.8 | 2008–2012 | Tacke et al. 2014 [20] |
England | 49–60 | 8.4 | 1998–2003 | Harnden et al. 2009 [21] |
Germany | 47–54 | 7.2 | - | Jakob et al. 2016 [22] |
France | 42–51 | 9.0 | 2005–2006 | Heuclin et al. 2009 [23] |
Portugal | 37–42 | 6.5 | 2000–2011 | Pinto et al. 2017 [24] |
Italy | 35–47 | 14.7 | 2008–2013 | Cimaz et al. 2017 [25] |
a Incidence rates are reported per 100,000 children of <5 years of age.