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Table 1 Herpes zoster incidence rates in Asia-Pacific

From: Looking back to move forward: a twenty-year audit of herpes zoster in Asia-Pacific

Country (source)

Study year(s)

HZ cases

Age range (years)

Incidence (cases/1000 person years)

Overall

By sex

Age-range (years)

 

Male

Female

<10

10–19

20–29

30–39

40–49

50–59

60–69

70–79

>80

Australia (MacIntyre 2003) [102]

1999

59200

All ages

8.3a

           

Australia (Stein 2009) [104](MacIntyre 2015) [807]

1998–2005

379

≥50

9.7a

  

1.4 (<25)

3.4 (25–49)

6.5

8.6

14.5

15.6

Japan (Toyama 2009) [139]

1997–2006

48388

0– ≥ 90

4.2

3.7

4.6*

2.5

2.9

2.3

2.0

2.5

5.2

7.0

7.8

6.9b

New Zealand (Reid 2014) [17]

2009–2013

339

All ages

3.0

5.8c

6.4c

1.3 (≤50)

   

13.9

Korea (Kim YJ 2014) [138]

2011

529690

0– ≥ 80

10.4

8.3

12.6

2.0

3.3

6.3

7.8

10.2

17.4

22.4

21.8

16.5

Korea (Kang 2008) [129]

2004–2005

705

19–24

1.4

   

1.4 (19–24)

      

Korea (Choi 2010) [130]

2003–2007

2431744

All ages

10.0d

           

Korea (Park SY 2004) [26]

1994–2003

1089

All ages

3.0

           

Thailand (Aunhachoke 2011) [30]

2008

180

≥50

0.3e

           

Taiwan (Wu PY 2013) [141]

2000–2009

 

All ages

6.2

           

Taiwan (Wu CY 2010) [142]

2000–2005

24527

20– ≥ 60

7.0

           

Taiwan (Chao DY 2012) [143]

2004–2008

7574

All ages

5.7

           

Taiwan (Jih 2009) [137]

2000–2006

34280

1– > 80

4.9

4.7

5.1

2.1

      

13.7

Taiwan (Lin 2010) [136]

2000–2005

672782

≤1– ≥ 80

5.0

4.7

5.2*

1.6

  

3.5

5.2

8.4

11.1

12.3

10.2

Median (range)

5.0f (0.3–10.4)

4.7 (3.7–8.3)

5.2 (4.6–12.6)

2.0 (1.6–2.5)

3.1 (2.9–3.3)

4.3 (2.3–6.3)

3.5 (2.0–7.8)

5.2 (2.5–10.2)

7.4 (5.2–17.4)

9.8 (7.0–22.4)

13.4 (7.8–21.8)

13.8 (6.9–16.5)

Quartile range (IQR)

3.6–7.3 (3.7)

4.7–5.8 (1.0)

5.1–6.4 (1.3)

1.9–2.2 (0.3)

3.0–3.2 (0.2)

3.3–5.3 (2.0)

2.7–5.7 (2.9)

3.9–7.7 (3.8)

6.8–12.9 (6.1)

9.0–16.8 (7.7)

10.1–17.1 (7.0)

10.2–13.9 (3.7)

  1. HZ Herpes zoster, IQR Interquartile range
  2. aNational estimate extrapolated from sample
  3. b80–89
  4. cAge >50 years
  5. dClinic visits for herpes zoster
  6. e Based on reported cases per 100000 population
  7. fSubjects of all ages
  8. *P < 0.001
  9. Bold data values signify significant difference between incidence rate in females vs. males
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