Table 2.
Incidence Rate of Total and Severe Shigella Infections and Percentage Severe Among Children—Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 2009–2018
| Incidence Rate per 100 000 Child-Years | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Total Infections | Severe Infectionsa | % Severe |
| All | 9.5 | 1.3 | 14.0 |
| Sex | |||
| Female | 9.8 | 1.4 | 13.9 |
| Male | 9.2 | 1.3 | 14.1 |
| Age group | |||
| <1 year | 6.0 | 0.8 | 12.5 |
| 1–4 years | 19.5 | 2.3 | 12.0 |
| 5–8 years | 14.7 | 2.1 | 14.5 |
| 9–12 years | 4.8 | 0.8 | 15.9 |
| 13–17 years | 2.3 | 0.5 | 21.2 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| Hispanic, any race | 13.1 | 2.3 | 17.6 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic | 5.5 | 0.6 | 10.5 |
| American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic | 15.2 | 2.5 | 16.5 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 16.2 | 2.3 | 14.0 |
| White, non-Hispanic | 4.9 | 0.7 | 14.1 |
| FoodNet site | |||
| California | 6.0 | 0.6 | 10.1 |
| Colorado | 3.7 | 0.7 | 17.7 |
| Connecticut | 2.2 | 0.6 | 25.4 |
| Georgia | 19.3 | 2.5 | 12.7 |
| Maryland | 5.3 | 0.9 | 16.1 |
| Minnesota | 5.7 | 1.0 | 16.5 |
| New Mexico | 9.9 | 2.0 | 20.4 |
| New York | 3.1 | 0.5 | 16.4 |
| Oregon | 2.0 | 0.4 | 19.4 |
| Tennessee | 16.4 | 2.1 | 12.6 |
| Species | |||
| S. sonnei | 7.1 | 1.0 | 13.6 |
| Non-sonneib | 0.7 | 0.2 | 30.2 |
a
Criteria for severe classification were hospitalization, bacteremia, or death.
b
Includes S. flexneri, S. boydii, and S. dysenteriae.