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Figure 9.2.2: Influenza by age

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

Figure 9.2.2: Influenza 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 influenza infections was highest among seniors 60 years of age and over, followed by infants less than one year of age. The rates among these two age groups were significantly higher than rates in all other age groups.