Table 2

 Crude and age and sex-adjusted incidence mean annual rate by province of residence

ProvincePopulationObserved casesCrude IR/106Expected cases*Standardised incidence ratio95% CI
*Based on the crude incidence rate of Puglia.
CI, confidence interval; IR, incidence rate.
Bari1 560 520471.5149.60.950.7 to 1.2
Foggia697 402171.2222.20.770.4 to 1.1
Taranto586 972272.3018.71.440.9 to 3.0
Brindisi411 051111.3413.10.840.4 to 1.4
Lecce815 685281.7125.91.080.7 to 1.4
Puglia4 086 7611301.591.00