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Table 2 Age groups of patients who received care in Regional Health Care Network 13, according to main IPDs, from 1998 to 2013

From: Distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes in the northeast macro-region of São Paulo state/Brazil after the introduction of conjugate vaccine

Age group

(years)

Diagnosis

Total

Meningitis

Pneumonia

Bact/sepsis

Otherb

no

%*

no

%*

no

%*

no

%*

no

%

<1

65

8.2

42

5.3

5

0.6

0

0.0

112

14.1

1 ˫ 2

29

3.6

54

6.8

4

0.5

1

0.1

88

11.0

2 ˫ 5

33

4.1

59

7.4

4

0.5

2

0.3

98

12.3

Subtotal < 5

127

16.0

155

19.5

13

1.6

3

0.4

298

37.4

5 ˫ 20

57

7.2

44

5.5

4

0.5

5

0.6

110

13.8

20 ˫ 60

127

16.0

101

12.7

19

2.4

9

1.1

256

32.2

≥60

42

5.3

50

6.3

9

1.1

6

0.8

107

2.1

Subtotal ≥ 5

226

28.4

195

24.5

32

4.0

20

2.5

473

59.4

Ignoreda

11

1.4

8

1.0

4

0.5

2

0.3

25

3.1

Total

364

45.7

358

45.0

49

6.2

25

3.1

796

100.0

  1. %* refers to the total cases
  2. aPatients without information on their age
  3. bAbscess, arthritis, peritonitis, pancreatitis, cirrhosis, surgical site infection and appendicitis