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Table 53.3

Age distribution of new hospital cases of CE in New Zealand 1958–1962 and 1963–1967

Age groups	Number of cases		Total cases	% reduction
	1958–1962	1963–1967
0–4	19	3	22	84.2
5–14	98	35	133	64.3
15–24	82	46	128	43.9
25–44	112	64	176	42.9
45–64	98	48	146	51.0
> 65	44	25	69	43.2
Total	453	221	674	51.2

Age groups	Number of cases		Total cases	% reduction
	1958–1962	1963–1967
0–4	19	3	22	84.2
5–14	98	35	133	64.3
15–24	82	46	128	43.9
25–44	112	64	176	42.9
45–64	98	48	146	51.0
> 65	44	25	69	43.2
Total	453	221	674	51.2

From Gemmell and Roberts (1996)