Table 2 Trends in herpes zoster incidence, hospitalisation and healthcare costs in Asia-Pacific countries
From: Looking back to move forward: a twenty-year audit of herpes zoster in Asia-Pacific
Country (source) | Metric | Years compared | Herpes zoster rate | Annual increase (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Australia (Kelly 2014) [146] | Cases/1000 consultations | 1998 2006–12 | 1.03 1.81 | 6.3 |
Australia (Nelson 2010) [145] | Management/1000 GP consultations | 1998 2008 | 1.71 2.35 | 3.4 |
Australia (MacIntyre 2003) [102] | Hospitalisations/100000 population | 1993 1998 | 20 25 | 4.2 |
Australia (Carville 2010) [147] | Hospitalisations/100000 populationa | 1995–99 2006–07 | 6.3 9.1 | 3.1 |
Australia (Heywood 2014) [2] | Hospitalisations/100000 population | 1998 2004 2006–10 | 9.2 10.6 10.4 | 2.2 −0.4 |
Korea (Choi 2010) [130] | Hospitalisations/1000 population | 2003 2007 | 0.22 0.32 | 9.1 |
Consultations/1000 population | 2003 2007 | 7.93 12.54 | 11.6 | |
Total socioeconomic cost (US$) | 2003 2007 | 75,921,348 143,774,888 | 17.9 | |
Japan (Toyama 2009) [139] | Incidence/1000 person-years | 1997 2006 | 3.61 4.55 | 2.6 |
Taiwan (Lin 2010) [136] | Healthcare cost (NT$) | 2000 2004 | 250,000,000 319,000,000 | 5.5 |
Taiwan (Wu CY 2010) [142] | Incidence/1000 population | 2000 2005 | 4.94 7.00 | 7.0 |
Taiwan (Chao DY 2012) [143] | Incidence/1000 population | 2000 2008 | 4.45 6.89 | 6.1 |
Taiwan (Wu PY 2013) [141] | Incidence/1000 person-years | 2000 2009 | 4.40 6.24 | 5.5 |
Thailand (Bureau of Epidemiology) | Reported cases/100000 population | 2001 2010 2014 | 6.44 40.49 7.65 | 52.9 −8.1 |
Median (range) | 5.5 (−8.1–17.9) | |||
Quartile range (IQR) | 3.0–7.5 (4.6) | |||