Table 2 GBS rates and mean age in aggregated population and pregnant women from Hospital La Fe.

From: Streptococcus agalactiae in childbearing age immigrant women in Comunitat Valenciana (Spain)

 

Aggregated population

Pregnant women from Hospital La Fe

Geographical group

N

IR (CI 95%)

CP Mean age (±SD)

n

CR (CI 95%)

Mean age (±SD)

North America

6060

0.0021 (0.0010–0.0033)

33.2 (±7.2)

2

0.00 (0.00–0.00)

33.0 (±4.2)

Western Europe

345399

0.0022 (0.0020–0.0024)

33.5 (±7.2)

61

0.05 (−0.01–0.10)

34.7 (±5.4)

Australia

1075

0.0037 (0.0001–0.0074)

38.0 (±3.2)

0

Spain

4940794

0.0046 (0.0046–0.0047)

32.4 (±6.7)

3179

0.11 (0.10–0.12)

33.0 (±5.2)

Latin America II

167151

0.0045 (0.0042–0.0049)

31.6 (±6.9)

79

0.09 (0.03–0.15)

33.3 (±4.9)

Eastern Europe

506452

0.0053 (0.0051–0.0055)

29.3 (±6.1)

205

0.15 (0.10–0.19)

30.3 (±5.2)

Asia

43264

0.0067 (0.0059–0.0075)

30.1 (±5.8)

63

0.10 (0.02–0.17)

29.0 (±4.2)

Latin America I

418787

0.0077 (0.0075–0.0080)

31.0 (±7.4)

550

0.15 (0.12–0.18)

30.0 (±6.6)

Middle East

15465

0.0079 (0.0065–0.0093)

29.5 (±6.1)

17

0.18 (0.00–0.36)

31.1 (±5.4)

Indian Subcontinent

12044

0.0172 (0.0149–0.0195)

29.0 (±5.0)

83

0.11 (0.04–0.18)

30.5 (±5.2)

North Africa

154073

0.0178 (0.0172–0.0185)

29.7 (±6.4)

146

0.21 (0.15–0.28)

31.7 (±5.7)

Sub–Saharan Africa

31396

0.0227 (0.0211–0.0244)

30.0 (±5.4)

147

0.31 (0.24–0.39)

31.6 (±5.1)

  1. *IR, Isolation Rate; CI, Confidence Interval; CP, Culture-positive women; CR, Colonization Rate.