Figure 39: Rates of laboratory confirmed influenza A(H1N1)pdm09
hospitalisations, Australia, 2009, by age group and Indigenous status

This figure presents rates of hospitalisations associated with laboratory confirmed influenza
A(H1N1)pdm09 by Indigenous status for 2009. Indigenous Australians hospitalised with
confirmed influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 were slightly older than non-Indigenous Australians
(median age of 32 years compared to 30 years). The highest rates of hospitalisation for
Indigenous Australian cases were in the 50-54 years age group, and for cases aged less than
five years in the non-Indigenous population.