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Differential Effects of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 on Remote and Indigenous Groups, Northern Territory, Australia, 2009

James McCracken Trauer

, Karen Louise Laurie, Joseph McDonnell, Anne Kelso, and Peter Gregory Markey

Author affiliations: Author affiliations: Centre for Disease Control, Tiwi, Northern Territory, Australia (J.M. Trauer, P.G. Markey); World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research in Influenza, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (K.L. Laurie, A. Kelso); Menzies School of Health Research, Tiwi (J. McDonnell)

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Demographic characteristics of patients in a study of differential effects of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 on remote and indigenous groups, Northern Territory, Australia, 2009

Characteristic	No. patients	Female, %	Indigenous, %
Baseline, age, y
<14	37	54.1	51.4
15–34	91	65.9	43.5
35–54	92	54.4	33.7
>55	225	44.9	30.3
Total	445	51.9	35.5
September, Urban Darwin, age, y
<14	60	53.3	14.0
15–34	194	62.9	13.5
35–54	202	55.5	9.6
>55	209	48.3	6.7
Total	665	55.2	10.2
September, Rural Top End, age, y
<14	25	36.0	44.0
15–34	190	60.5	71.4
35–54	183	47.5	60.8
>55	190	46.8	42.5
Total	588	51.0	57.8
September, Central Australia, age, y
<14	13	46.2	61.5
15–34	84	57.1	82.7
35–54	189	63.5	63.2
>55	150	51.3	54.9
Total	436	57.6	64.1

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