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Table 9 Annual number of varicella cases, consultations, hospitalizations and deaths and consultation, hospitalization and case fatality rates in Europe before the introduction of universal childhood immunization programs

From: Estimation of the burden of varicella in Europe before the introduction of universal childhood immunization

Outcome

Age group (years)

<5

5–9

10–14

15–19

20–39

40+

Total

N varicella cases

3,029,226

1,816,442

175,020

116,926

244,923

141,087

5,523,624

N varicella consultations

1,660,087

826,610

179,400

67,609

164,118

78,015

2,975,839

N varicella hospitalizations

9905

2386

712

718

3209

1233

18,163

N varicella deaths

16

5

2

1

12

45

81

Proportion of varicella cases consulting a physician (%)

54.80

45.51

100.00

57.82

67.01

55.30

53.87

Proportion of varicella cases that are hospitalized (%)

0.33

0.13

0.41

0.61

1.31

0.87

0.33

Case fatality rate (%)

0.001

0.000

0.001

0.001

0.005

0.032

0.001