From: Varicella and Herpes Zoster in Madrid, based on the Sentinel General Practitioner Network: 1997–2004
Age (years) | ||||||||
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0–4 | 5–9 | 10–14 | 15–19 | 20–24 | 25–29 | 30–34 | 35 and over | |
Cutaneous overinfection | 124 | 59 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
Pneumonia | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Neurological complications | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Otitis media | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Conjunctivitis and other ophthalmological complications | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 195 | 81 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 11 |
Percentage of complicated cases of varicella | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 5.9 | 7.4 | 10.0 | 7.7 |