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Figure 9.3.17 Shigellosis by age

Rate of shigellosis infections reported per 100,000 population by age, Middlesex-London, 2014 to 2018 annual average

Figure 9.3.17 Shigellosis by age
Source: 
Public Health Ontario Infectious Diseases Query: Middlesex-London Health Unit: Case counts and crude rates of reportable diseases by year. Toronto ON: Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion; 2019 May 8 [cited 2019 May 13].

The rate of shigellosis infections among Middlesex-London residents was highest among those in their 20s.

The rate among those in their 40s was significantly lower than the rate among people in their 20s; this was the only significant difference among any of the age groups.