Table 3 Incidence of CO-MRSA infections treated as outpatients not presenting to an emergency department, by site of infection and for various regions, calculated using published numbers of infections over defined time periods
From: Incidence of community onset MRSA in Australia: least reported where it is Most prevalent
Region | Population size used in calculations | Data collection period | Data source | Incidence (/100000 person-years) | References | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | SSTI | UTI | |||||
Northern Territory | 211,945 [51] | 2008–12 | Community | 285 |  |  | [17] |
Queensland | 4,500,000 [13] | 2011 | State | Â | 64.5 | Â | [13] |
Alice Springs | 51,000 [28] | 2005–6 | Hospital | 145 | 141 | 4 | [28] |
Melbourne | 1,796,296 [56] | 2006 | Community | 11.3 | 10.8 | Â | [36] |