The Incidence of Acute Gastrointestinal Illness in Canada, Foodbook Survey 2014-2015

Table 2

Monthly prevalence (95% CI) and annual incidence rate (95% CI) of self-reported acute gastrointestinal illness (AGI) in Canada by province, 2014-2015.

	AGI				AGI without respiratory symptoms
	Adjusted monthly prevalence (%)	95% CI	Annual incidence per person-year	95% CI	Adjusted monthly prevalence (%)	95% CI	Annual incidence per person-year	95% CI
Overall province	5.7	4.6–7.2	0.77	0.61–0.97	4.3	3.1–5.8	0.57	0.41–0.78
BC	6.8	4.3–10.8	0.92	0.57–1.49	4.5	2.5–7.8	0.59	0.33–1.06
AB	7.6	4.9–11.6	1.03	0.65–1.61	4.7	3.0–7.3	0.62	0.40–0.99
SK	4.6	2.8–7.3	0.61	0.37–0.99	2.4	1.6–3.5	0.31	0.21–0.46
MB	9.2	4.8–17.0	1.26	0.64–2.42	7.9	3.7–16.3	1.07	0.49–2.31
ON	5.8	3.6–9.3	0.78	0.48–1.27	4.7	2.5–8.7	0.63	0.33–1.19
QC	3.4	2.1–5.4	0.45	0.28–0.72	2.8	1.6–4.9	0.37	0.21–0.65
NB	6.9	4.4–10.7	0.94	0.59–1.47	3.5	1.8–6.5	0.46	0.24–0.88
NS	6.5	4.4–9.3	0.87	0.59–1.27	5.1	3.5–7.8	0.68	0.46–1.06
PE	6.3	3.2–11.9	0.84	0.42–1.65	4.1	2.9–8.8	0.55	0.38–1.20
NL	7.9	4.6–13.3	1.08	0.61–1.86	6.6	3.5–12.1	0.89	0.46–1.68
YT	8.9	4.4–17.3	1.22	0.59–2.47	5.2	2.9–9.2	0.69	0.38–1.26
NT	7.4	4.3–12.6	1.01	0.57–1.75	5.6	2.9–10.6	0.75	0.38–1.46
NU	9.9	5.3–17.9	1.36	0.71–2.56	5.4	2.2–12.6	0.72	0.29–1.75

Bold indicates monthly prevalence per category level significantly different from all other categories combined.