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Annual report Invasive pneumococcal disease in Australia, 2004
Table 6. The frequency of risk factors for invasive pneumococcal disease, Australia, 2004, by age
group and Indigenous status
Risk factor
Indigenous
n=14
Cases aged less than 5 years
Non
Indigenous
n=85
Significance of
difference
Indigenous
n=98
Cases aged 5 years or more
Non-
Indigenous
n=489
Significance of
difference
Premature birth 1 (7%) 30 (35%) p