TableĀ 1

The incidence (per 1000 player-days) (95% CI in brackets) of all illness, respiratory tract illness, gastrointestinal tract illness and all infective illness in the teams from the two different countries (South Africa, New Zealand)

South AfricaNew Zealand
All illness (n=469)11.0 (6.0 to 20.3)26.6 (12.5 to 55.8)
Respiratory tract illness (n=144)6.0 (4.0 to 10.0)4.0 (2.0 to 8.0)
Gastrointestinal illness (n=128)2.2 (1.2 to 4.3)7.1 (3.5 to 14.5)a
All Infective illness (n=254)5.1 (2.8 to 9.4)15.8 (7.6 to 32.6)b
  • ap=0.016, significantly different between countries.

  • bp=0.019, significantly different between countries.