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Table 3 annual incidence rates of acute infections, in the Yearly Contact Group, per 1000 children, from 1998–2002. (* serious infections)

From: Serious infections in children: an incidence study in family practice

 

0 – 4 years

5 – 9 year

10 – 14 years

Total

A03 fever

34.9

8.2

2.8

14.0

A71 measles

0.68

0.19

0.13

0.28

A72 chicken pocks

59.7

13.1

1.3

22.4

A74 rubella

0.30

0.63

0.11

0.33

A75 mononucleosis infectiosa

0.68

1.65

2.29

1.60

A76 other viral infection with exanthema

4.5

1.3

0.4

1.9

A77 other viral infection

21.2

11.6

9.7

13.7

A78 other infection nos

8.6

5.1

1.9

4.9

D70 gastro-intestinal infection

10.6

3.1

2.6

5.1

D71 mumps

0.6

0.3

0.5

0.5

D73 supposed infectious gastro-enteritis

130.9

92.1

84.2

100.5

H71 otitis media acuta

226.4

108.8

39.0

117.7

L70 infection of the limbs*

0.45

0.38

0.42

0.42

N71 meningitis/encephalitis + sepsis*

1.4

1.1

0.06

0.7

R71 whooping-cough

0.23

0.00

0.00

0.07

R72 streptococcal angina

0.38

0.44

0.36

0.39

R74 acute infection of the upper respiratory tract

666.5

339.4

292.9

417.8

R75 acute/chronic sinusitis

8.3

18.3

23.1

17.2

R76 acute tonsillitis

87.4

81.7

47.0

70.7

R77 acute laryngitis/tracheitis

84.5

49.7

35.3

54.6

R78 acute bronchitis///bronchiolitis

201.0

89.0

48.5

106.9

R80 influenza (ex pneumonia)

123.7

113.1

118.5

118.1

R81 pneumonia *

18.1

9.9

4.3

10.2

R83 other infection of the respiratory tract

26.7

13.1

10.2

16.0

U70 pyelonephritis/pyelitis *

1.3

0.6

0.4

0.7

U71 acute cystitis

12.8

10.3

6.7

9.7