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Volume 9, Number 8—August 2003
Research

Candidemia in Finland, 1995–1999

Eira Poikonen*Comments to Author , Outi Lyytikäinen†, Veli-Jukka Anttila‡, and Petri Ruutu†
Author affiliations: *Peijas Hospital, Vantaa, Finland; †National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland; ‡Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

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Table 1

Annual incidence of candidemia by sex and age group, Finland, 1995–1999

Characteristics Ratea
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1995–1999
Males (y)
<1
 12.5
 10.0
 3.3
 6.9
 27.3
 11.9 (18)
1–15
 1.2
 0.4
 0.6
 0
 0.2
 0.5 (12)
16–65
 1.0
 1.9
 1.9
 2.1
 2.4
 1.8 (159)
>65
 7.7
 6.3
 6.1
 9.4
 7.7
 7.4 (97)
All
 1.9 (46)
 2.1 (53)
 2.1 (53)
 2.5 (63)
 2.8 (71)
 2.3 (286)
Females (y)
<1
 6.5
 3.4
 0
 3.6
 21.3
 6.9 (10)
1–15
 0.6
 0.4
 0.6
 0.2
 0.6
 0.5 (12)
16–65
 1.0
 0.8
 1.1
 1.2
 0.8
 1.0 (84)
>65
 4.2
 4.3
 3.4
 3.6
 4.2
 3.9 (87)
All
 1.5 (39)
 1.4 (36)
 1.4 (37)
 1.5 (39)
 1.6 (42)
 1.5 (193)
All (y)
<1
 9.6
 6.6
 1.7
 5.3
 24.4
 9.4 (28)
1–15
 1.0
 0.5
 0.6
 0.1
 0.4
 0.5 (24)
16–65
 1.0
 1.4
 1.5
 1.7
 1.6
 1.4 (243)
>65
 5.4
 5.0
 4.4
 5.7
 5.6
 5.2 (184)
All 1.7 (85) 1.7 (89) 1.8 (90) 2.0 (102) 2.2 (113) 1.9 (479)

aCases per 100,000 population (no. of cases).

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