Volume 17, Number 10—October 2011
Research
Bacterial Causes of Empyema in Children, Australia, 2007–2009
Table 1
Characteristics of 172 children with empyema, Australia, 2007–2009*
Characteristic | Value |
---|---|
Median age, y (range) | 3.9 (0.4–15.5) |
Sex | |
M | 93 (54.1) |
F | 79 (45.9) |
Indigenous status | |
Aboriginal | 8 (4.7) |
Other | 160 (93.0) |
Not recorded | 4 (2.3) |
State/territory | |
Queensland | 59 (34.3) |
New South Wales | 52 (30.2) |
Victoria | 37 (21.5) |
Western Australia | 16 (9.3) |
South Australia | 4 (2.3) |
Tasmania | 2 (1.2) |
Australian Capital Territory | 2 (1.2) |
Northern Territory | 0 |
Chronic respiratory diseases | 7 (4.0) |
Congenital diseases | 3 (1.7) |
Potentially immunocompromised | 6 (3.5) |
Cardiac disease | 1 (0.6)
*Values are no. (%) unless otherwise indicated. |
*Values are no. (%) unless otherwise indicated.
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