Table 1.

Key demographic and clinical characteristics of children with iGAS disease notified to the PAEDS Network, Australia, 1 July 2016–30 June 2018

	Patients (N = 181)
	Number	Proportion of total patients (%)a
Age in years
< 1 year	32	17.7
1–4 years	83	45.9
5–9 years	42	23.2
10–14 years	21	11.6
15–17 years	3	1.7
Sex
Female	74	40.9
Male	107	59.1
Indigenous Australian ethnicity
Yes	21	11.6
No	159	87.8
N/Ab	1	0.6
Country of Birth
Australia	167	92.3
Other	6	3.3
N/Ab	8	4.4
Disease severity
Not severe	107	59.1
Severe	74	40.9
Disease outcome
Deficit (can improve)	48	26.5
Disability (permanent)	1	0.6
Deficit and disability	4	2.2
Deceased	5	2.8
Full recovery	122	67.4
N/Ab	1	0.6
Hospital
QCH	43	23.8
RCH	37	20.4
PCH	27	14.9
MCH	24	13.3
CHW	23	12.7
WCH	22	12.2
RDH	5	2.8

^aDue to rounding, some totals will not add to 100.0%

^bN/A: Information not available

QCH Queensland Children’s Hospital, Queensland; RCH Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Victoria; PCH Perth Children’s Hospital, Western Australia; MCH Monash Children’s Hospital, Victoria; CHW Children’s Hospital at Westmead, New South Wales; WCH Women’s and Children’s Hospital, South Australia; RDH Royal Darwin Hospital, Northern Territory