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Table 1 Demographics of influenza, pertussis and IPD cases in WANIDD and PathWest datasets in 2000–2012

From: Using record linkage to validate notification and laboratory data for a more accurate assessment of notifiable infectious diseases

	Influenza (2001–2012)				IPD (2001–2012)				Pertussis (2000–2012)
	PathWest (N = 4885)		WANIDD (N = 5159)		PathWest (N = 342)		WANIDD (N = 502)		PathWest (N = 2850)		WANIDD (N = 4361)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Male	2687	55.0	2849	55.2	185	54.1	285	56.7	1412	49.5	2154	49.4
Aboriginal	708	14.5	698	13.5	82	24.0	133	26.4	253	8.9	314	7.2
Age at specimen collection
<6 months	328	6.7	309	6.0	31	9.1	36	7.2	391	13.7	434	10.0
6–12 months	433	8.9	416	8.1	48	14.0	67	13.3	129	4.5	166	3.8
12–23 months	649	13.3	629	12.2	94	27.5	145	28.8	216	7.6	301	6.9
2–4 years	1318	27.0	1363	26.4	112	32.7	158	31.4	537	18.8	834	19.1
5–9 years	1360	27.8	1513	29.3	43	12.6	74	14.7	901	31.6	1447	33.2
10–16 years	797	16.3	929	18.0	14	4.1	23	4.6	676	23.7	1179	27.0
Year of specimen collection
2000^a	N/A	-	N/A	-	N/A	-	N/A	-	16	0.6	19	0.4
2001	79	1.6	74	1.4	50	14.6	72	14.3	35	1.2	41	0.9
2002	328	6.7	300	5.8	43	12.6	66	13.1	57	2.0	67	1.5
2003	397	8.1	337	6.5	28	8.2	42	8.3	32	1.1	50	1.1
2004	82	1.7	51	1.0	37	10.8	47	9.3	261	9.2	361	8.3
2005	195	4.0	182	3.5	18	5.3	22	4.4	98	3.4	104	2.4
2006	100	2.0	72	1.4	8	2.3	22	4.4	39	1.4	37	0.8
2007	295	6.0	295	5.7	10	2.9	21	4.2	10	0.4	9	0.2
2008	286	5.9	299	5.8	18	5.3	26	5.2	69	2.4	89	2.0
2009	1008	20.6	1170	22.7	23	6.7	33	6.6	173	6.1	214	4.9
2010	382	7.8	406	7.9	34	9.9	49	9.7	321	11.3	452	10.4
2011	407	8.3	435	8.4	44	12.9	67	13.3	1042	36.6	1692	38.8
2012	1326	27.1	1538	29.8	29	8.5	36	7.2	697	24.5	1226	28.1
Region at birth
Metropolitan	3697	75.7	3972	77.0	248	72.5	344	68.4	1894	66.5	3018	69.2
Rural	602	12.3	625	12.1	33	9.6	60	11.9	676	23.7	988	22.7
Remote	576	11.8	550	10.7	61	17.8	99	19.7	276	9.7	347	8.0

IPD invasive pneumococcal disease, WANIDD Western Australian Notifiable Infectious Diseases Database, PathWest PathWest Laboratory Medicine Western Australia Database. Aboriginal refers to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Percentages may not equal 100 due to rounding and missing data
^aInfluenza and IPD data restricted to 2001–2012

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