Hospitalizations realted to herpes zoster infection in the Canary Islands, Spain (2005-2014)

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 1 Hospitalization rate, mortality rate and case-fatality rate related to herpes zoster infection by group of age in the Canary Islands, Spain (2005–2014)

Group of age (years)	N	Cases	Hospitalization rate (cases per 100.000 /CI95%)	Mortality rate (deaths per 100.000 /CI95%)	Case-fatality rate (% /CI95%)	Average length of hospital stay (days/SD)
<50	1,420,480	241	1.70	0.04	2.08	12.73
<50	1,420,480	241	1.48–1.91	0.004–0.07	0.28–3.87	13.69
50–54	132,854	49	3.69	0.23	6.12	17.31
50–54	132,854	49	2.66–4.72	0.00–0.48	0,12.84	13.69
55–59	112,155	61	5.44	0.27	4.92	15.02
55–59	112,155	61	4.07–6.80	0–0.57	0–10.35	11.86
60–64	97,906	109	11.13	0.82	7.34	18.01
60–64	97,906	109	9.04–13.22	0.25–1.38	2.44–12.26	21.69
64–69	82,777	123	14.86	1.09	7.32	20.95
64–69	82,777	123	12.23–17.49	0.37–1.80	2.72–11.92	35.07
70–74	70,038	128	18.28	0.71	3.91	15.36
70–74	70,038	128	15.11–21.44	0.09–1.34	0.55–7.26	14.88
75–79	55,721	131	23.51	2.87	12.21	17.04
75–79	55,721	131	19.49–27.54	1.46–4.28	6.61–17.82	17.01
80–84	35,214	127	36.07	2.84	7.87	14.94
80–84	35,214	127	29.79–42.34	1.08–4.60	3.19–12.56	13.57
>84	26,056	119	43.98	5.17	11.77	14.70
>84	26,056	119	36.08–51.88	2.46–7.89	5.98–17.55	13.50
Total		1088	5.35	0.36	6.71	15.82
Total		1088	5.03–5.67	0.28–0.44	5.22–8.20	18.84
Total (age-standardized)^a			6.99	0.51	4.03
Total (age-standardized)^a			6.57–7.43	0.40–0.65	2.78–5.86

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