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Table 4 Age specific incidence of pneumococcal disease by presentation

From: Impact of routine PCV7 (Prevenar) vaccination of infants on the clinical and economic burden of pneumococcal disease in Malaysia

Clinical

presentation

Annual incidence by age group and clinical presentation

(per 1000 population ª)

 

0-4

5-19

20-39

40-64

≥ 65

Pneumococcal meningitis

0.347

0.057

0.035

0.027

0.046

Pneumococcal bacteraemia

0.463

0.1

0.152

0.593

2.533

Pneumococcal pneumonia

2.396

0.391

0.32

1.124

6.34

All-cause pneumonia

7.658

1.261

0.933

3.525

20.406

All-cause otitis media

0.491

0.337

0.152

0.294

0.165

  1. ª Population data by age-group for each hospital catchment area for 2006-2007 was used as the denominator for calculation.
  2. Source: Department of Statistics, Malaysia.