Incidence of community onset MRSA in Australia: least reported where it is Most prevalent

Table 2 Incidence of hospitalized (IP) CO-MRSA infections by site of infection and for various regions, calculated using published numbers of infections over defined time periods

Region	Population size used in calculations	Data collection period	Incidence (/100000 person-years)					References	Demographic factors
Region	Population size used in calculations	Data collection period	Total	Total IP	IP SSTI	LRTI	BSI (1^° and 2^°)	References	% Indigenous [47]	% Living in remote areas [48]	% Living in area with lowest IRSD decile [49]
Top End	176,000 [15]	2006–7		81				[15]	26	28	20
Queensland	4,500,000 [13]	2005–11	95.5	26	22.8	2.8	3.7	[13, 35]	4	3	9
Alice Springs	51,000 [28]	2005–6,14	388	329	184	31	20	[28, 50]	43	100	33
Hunter - New England	752,952 [20, 51]	2008–14	146					[20, 52]	5	0.3	11
Perth – Fremantle	470,389 [53, 54]	1997–2007		6.1	2.1	1.1	4.2	[8, 19]	2	0.02	2
ACT	370,000 [33]	2000–8					2	[33]	2	0	1
Regional Victoria	617,692 [55]	2004–5		3.8				[18, 46]	2	0.4	11
Victoria	NS	2009–13					> 1.6	[18]	1	0.1	9
Tasmania	489,958 [55, 56]	2008–14	44				1	[32, 46]	4	2	17

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