Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
2018-06-19 Daily Xml

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Meningococcal B Disease

23 The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (29 May 2018). Over the years 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 (year to date) how many South Australians have contracted meningococcal B, what were their ages and what were the outcomes of their condition?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing): I have been advised:

Between 1 January 2015 and 24 May 2018, there have been 83 people who have been diagnosed with invasive meningococcal B infection in South Australia. Fifty-five percent of these cases have occurred in two age groups: those 0 to 4 years, and those 15 to 19 years.

There have been five deaths during this period. The deaths have been in persons who were aged 6 months, 16 months, 18 months, 52 years and 53 years.

Information on other outcomes of their condition for each ill person in South Australia is not routinely collected.