Volume 18, Number 1—January 2012
Dispatch
Babesiosis among Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries, United States, 2006–2008
Table 1
Sex and age group, y | No. beneficiaries with babesiosis (rate/100,000*) |
Total no. enrolled beneficiaries |
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2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | ||
F | |||||||
>65 | 509 (3) | 441 (3) | 647 (4) | 15,919,094 | 15,356,954 | 15,032,121 | |
65–74 | 283 (4) | 240 (4) | 365 (6) | 6,794,195 | 6,547,813 | 6,487,120 | |
75–84 | 171 (3) | 153 (3) | 214 (4) | 6,075,497 | 5,781,146 | 5,527,531 | |
>85 | 55 (2) | 48 (2) | 68 (2) | 3,049,402 | 3,027,995 | 3,017,470 | |
M | |||||||
>65 | 476 (4) | 410 (4) | 576 (5) | 11,359,771 | 11,024,481 | 10,876,001 | |
65–74 | 248 (4) | 195 (3) | 313 (6) | 5,792,828 | 5,601,691 | 5,563,925 | |
75–84 | 179 (4) | 165 (4) | 209 (5) | 4,211,721 | 4,051,649 | 3,921,203 | |
>85 | 49 (4) | 50 (4) | 54 (4) | 1,355,222 | 1,371,141 | 1,390,873 | |
Both | |||||||
>65 | 985 (4) | 851 (3) | 1,223 (5) | 27,278,865 | 26,381,435 | 25,908,122 | |
65–74 | 531 (4) | 435 (4) | 678 (6) | 12,587,023 | 12,149,504 | 12,051,045 | |
75–84 | 350 (3) | 318 (3) | 423 (4) | 10,287,218 | 9,832,795 | 9,448,734 | |
>85 | 104 (2) | 98 (2) | 122 (3) | 4,404,624 | 4,399,136 | 4,408,343 |
*Babesiosis rates were rounded to the nearest whole number.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.
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