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Table 3 Demographic descriptive statistics of WNV infected subjects

From: The direct healthcare costs attributable to West Nile virus illness in Ontario, Canada: a population-based cohort study using laboratory and health administrative data

Variable

WNV infected N (%)

WNV infected, WNND N (%)

WNV infected, non-WNND N (%)

Subjects

1540 (100)

317 (100)

1223 (100)

Mean age at index date, years ± SD

49.1 ± 18.4

53.5 ± 20.9

47.3 ± 17.5

< 5

26 (1.7)

6 (1.9)

20 (1.6)

5–24

130 (8.4)

29 (9.1)

102 (8.3)

25–44

444 (28.8)

60 (18.9)

385 (31.5)

45–54

339 (22.0)

51 (16.1)

287 (23.5)

55–64

303 (19.7)

65 (20.5)

239 (19.5)

65–74

178 (11.6)

54 (17.0)

122 (10.0)

75–84

104 (6.8)

44 (13.9)

60 (4.9)

≥85

16 (1.0)

8 (2.5)

8 (0.7)

Sex, female

778 (50.5)

128 (40.4)

650 (53.1)

Rural residence

 Rural

61 (4.0)

<10

46 (3.8)

 Non-rural

1479 (96.0)

306 (96.5)

1177 (96.2)

 Missing

 

≤5

 

Income quintile

 1 (lowest)

235 (15.3)

45 (14.2)

198 (16.2)

 2

312 (20.3)

67 (21.1)

227 (18.6)

 3

319 (20.7)

70 (22.1)

265 (21.7)

 4

314 (20.4)

61 (19.2)

235 (19.2)

 5 (highest)

360 (23.4)

74 (23.3)

297 (24.3)

  1. Abbreviations: standard deviation, SD, West Nile neuroinvasive disease, WNND; West Nile virus, WNV