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Volume 27, Number 2—February 2021
Research

Increasing Incidence of Invasive Group A Streptococcus Disease in First Nations Population, Alberta, Canada, 2003–2017

Gregory J. TyrrellComments to Author , Christopher Bell, Lea Bill, and Sumana Fathima
Author affiliations: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (G.J. Tyrrell); Alberta Precision Laboratories–Public Health–Alberta Health Services, Edmonton (G.J. Tyrrell); Alberta Ministry of Health, Edmonton (C. Bell, S. Fathima); Alberta First Nations Information Governance Center, Siksika, Alberta, Canada (L. Bill)

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Figure 1

Incidence (cases/100,000 population) of invasive group A Streptococcus disease for First Nations and non–-First Nations populations, Alberta, Canada, 2003–2017. The incidence rate for the First Nations population climbed from a low of 10.0 in 2003 to a high of 52.2 in 2017. This rate contrasts with that for the non–First Nations population (3.7 in 2003 and 8.7 in 2017).

Figure 1. Incidence (cases/100,000 population) of invasive group A Streptococcus disease for First Nations and non–-First Nations populations, Alberta, Canada, 2003–2017. The incidence rate for the First Nations population climbed from a low of 10.0 in 2003 to a high of 52.2 in 2017. This rate contrasts with that for the non–First Nations population (3.7 in 2003 and 8.7 in 2017).

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