TABLE 5.

Incidence of TSS as reported by selected U.S. studies

Method	Location of population	Sex	Age range (yr)	Yr(s) of study	No. of TSS cases/106 people	Reference(s) or source
DRG-ICD chart review	National	Both	All	2003–2012	0.67	250
	Colorado	♀	10–39	1993–2006	1.18	114
	Minneapolis-St. Paul	♀	All	2000–2003	0.69	113
	34 states	♀	All	1999–2003	0.9	260
	National	♀	Multiple	1996–2001	Not reported, but TSS peaked for girls aged 15–18 yr	251
	Northern California	♀	10–39	1981–1996	0.8–3.4	252
	42 States	Both	All	1981–1982	0.68–0.81	109
	Northern California	♀	15–34	1977–1987	1.5–2.4	253, 254
	2 Colorado counties	♀	1–45	1986–1996	0–8.0	255
	2 Colorado counties	Both	<1–30	1970–1982	0.8–9.1	256
Chart review	Cincinnati	Both	10–30	1970–1980	0–22.9	257
	Iowa	♀	18–31	1976–1980	25 cases	258
Active surveillance	5 states and Los Angeles County	♀	15–44	1986	1.05	110
	Minnesota	♀	12–49	1980–1981	2.3–13.7	103
	Utah	♀	12–49	1976–1980	14.4	100
	Utah	♀	12–49	1980–1981	4.8–12.3	101
	Wisconsin	♀	12–49	1979–1980	6.2	2
Passive surveillance	Utah	Both	12–49	1976–1983	1.7–12.3	259
	Iowa			1979–1980	25 cases	258