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Table 3 Characteristics of locally-acquired dengue cases (N = 2262) in North Queensland, Australia

From: Epidemiology of dengue in a high-income country: a case study in Queensland, Australia

Variables

N cases

∑ popSLAs

Rate per 100,000

IRR

95% CI (p_value)

Intercept

   

0.00

0.00

0.00

Age

     

(<0.001)

  0-4

33

414,043

7.97

0.19

0.13

0.29

  5–9

54

414,353

13.03

0.34

0.24

0.48

  10–14

114

410,925

27.74

0.68

0.51

0.90

  15–19

158

402,794

39.23

0.89

0.69

1.16

  20–24

195

417,016

46.76

0.99

0.77

1.28

  25–29

248

430,054

57.66

1.00

0.78

1.28

  30–34

226

439,418

51.43

0.99

0.77

1.27

  35–39

217

445,533

48.71

1.00

0.78

1.29

  40–44 REF

222

435,455

50.98

1.00

-

-

  45–49

200

406,998

49.14

1.00

0.78

1.29

  50–54

178

363,511

48.97

0.96

0.74

1.24

  55–59

136

305,282

44.55

0.80

0.61

1.06

  60–64

92

247,990

37.09

0.66

0.49

0.89

  65–69

73

195,190

37.39

0.69

0.50

0.95

  70–74

67

152,955

43.80

0.82

0.59

1.14

  75–79

27

112,084

24.09

0.45

0.29

0.70

  80 and over

22

127,418

17.27

0.29

0.18

0.47

Gender

     

(0.05063)

  Women REF

1066

2,841,472

37.52

1.00

-

-

  Men

1196

2,879,547

41.53

1.05

0.94

1.16

Year

     

(<0.001)

  1995

8

310,427

2.57

0.17

0.08

0.37

  1996

1

312,440

0.32

0.02

0.00

0.16

  1997

10

314,509

3.17

0.22

0.11

0.44

  1998

372

316,547

117.52

8.47

6.08

11.80

  1999

42

318,631

13.18

0.86

0.55

1.34

  2000 REF

46

320,679

14.34

1.00

-

-

  2001

7

322,955

2.17

0.16

0.07

0.37

  2002

5

327,675

1.53

0.12

0.05

0.29

  2003

461

333,005

138.44

9.04

6.51

12.57

  2004

109

338,344

32.22

2.52

1.74

3.64

  2005

17

343,688

4.95

0.39

0.22

0.70

  2006

34

348,967

9.74

0.80

0.50

1.26

  2007

44

353,646

12.44

1.06

0.68

1.63

  2008

117

358,125

32.67

2.67

1.86

3.85

  2009

851

362,638

234.67

16.06

11.65

22.14

  2010

72

367,131

19.61

1.83

1.24

2.71

  2011

66

371,612

17.76

1.54

1.04

2.30

Month

     

(<0.001)

  Jan

319

474,293

61.25

8.55

5.68

12.87

  Feb

532

474,866

112.03

0.24

0.10

0.55

  Mar

549

475,181

115.53

5.87

3.86

8.94

  Apr

252

475,593

52.98

15.84

10.64

23.60

  May

154

476,099

32.35

10.81

7.21

16.21

  Jun REF

67

476,527

14.06

1.00

-

-

  Jul

29

476,945

6.08

2.37

1.50

3.76

  Aug

7

477,354

1.47

15.08

10.13

22.45

  Sep

35

477,834

7.32

5.57

3.66

8.49

  Oct

79

478,328

16.51

2.62

1.67

4.11

  Nov

79

478,811

16.49

2.61

1.66

4.09

  Dec

160

479,188

33.39

1.23

0.74

2.06