Table 3.
Clinical illnesses1 in Alaska and Northern Canada persons with invasive Hia by age, 2006–2017.
| Illness | Alaska |
N. Canada2 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| <5 years (n=49), # (%) | ≥5 years (n=4), # (%) | <5 years (n=82), # (%) | ≥5 years (n=29), # (%) | |
| Meningitis | 22 (45) | 0 (0) | 22 (27) | 2 (7) |
| Pneumonia | 12 (25) | 1 (25) | 20 (24) | 13 (46) |
| Cellulitis | 8 (16) | 1 (25) | 3 (4) | 3 (11) |
| Septic arthritis | 8 (16) | 0 (0) | 14 (17) | 3 (11) |
| Bacteraemia | 4 (8) | 2 (50) | 21 (26) | 8 (28) |
| Osteomyelitis | 2 (4) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| Other3 | 2 (4) | 0 (0) | 2 (2) | 1 (4) |
1Cases may have multiple illnesses associated with Hia infection.
210 Northern Canada cases are missing clinical diagnosis data.
3Other includes Empyema, unknown and “Other”.