Wotton K A, Stiver H G, Hildes J A
Can Med Assoc J. 1981 Apr 1;124(7):887-90.
There were 37 cases of meningitis during a 4-year period among the native and white populations served by the Churchill Health Centre in northern Manitoba, an annual incidence of 128 per 100 000 in the overall population and of 202 per 100 000 among the Inuit. Bacterial meningitis predominated; Neisseria meningitidis and Haemophilus influenzae each accounted for one third of the cases. There were five deaths, and 14 of the survivors had severe sequelae. Therefore, although the doctors and nurses involved in the study had improved access to telecommunication and air transportation services in caring for patients in isolated northern settlements, and despite their efforts to be vigilant for possible cases of meningitis and to begin vigorous treatment early, the incidence, morbidity and mortality of this disease remained relatively high, particularly among the Inuit.
在曼尼托巴省北部丘吉尔健康中心所服务的本地人和白人人群中，4年期间有37例脑膜炎病例，总体人群年发病率为每10万人128例，因纽特人年发病率为每10万人202例。细菌性脑膜炎占主导；脑膜炎奈瑟菌和流感嗜血杆菌各占病例的三分之一。有5人死亡，14名幸存者有严重后遗症。因此，尽管参与研究的医生和护士在照顾偏远北方定居点的患者时改善了电信和航空运输服务的可及性，尽管他们努力警惕可能的脑膜炎病例并尽早开始积极治疗，但这种疾病的发病率、发病率和死亡率仍然相对较高，尤其是在因纽特人中。
