Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics of notification, hospitalization, and selected register datasets
| Initial notification dataset | Initial hospitalization dataset | Auckland RF register* | Hawke's Bay and Waikato RF registers† | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. cases | 1179 | 1953 | 548 | 491 |
| Age (years), median (range) | 11 (0–55) | 11 (1–86) | – | 18·0 (4·6–62·0) |
| <5 | 1·2% | 2·0% | 1·8% | 0·0% |
| 5–15 | 81·0% | 77·1% | 98·2% | 39·0% |
| 16–30 | 15·6% | 15·0% | – | 46·3% |
| >30 | 2·2% | 5·9% | – | 14·7% |
| Unknown | 0·0% | – | – | – |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 51·8% | 56·5% | 57·5% | – |
| Female | 39·7% | 43·5% | 42·5% | – |
| Unknown | 8·5% | 0·0% | – | |
| Ethnicity | – | |||
| Māori | 58·0% | 49·5% | 37·4% | – |
| Pacific | 32·0% | 36·6% | 57·1% | – |
| European | 4·8% | 9·5% | 3·3% | – |
| Other | 5·2% | 4·4% | 2·0% | |
| Meet Jones criteria | – | |||
| Yes | 72·0% | – | – | – |
| No | 4·0% | – | – | – |
| Unknown | 24·0% | – | – | – |
RF, Rheumatic fever.
*
All cases entered into the Auckland register over the period 1998–2010
†
All cases entered into the Hawke's Bay and Waikato registers over the period 1997–2011.