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Table 2 Number of bed days, reduction of the number of bed days for RV and all cause AGE, and proportion of RV among all cause AGE according to vaccination period and season among 0-16y and 0-2y children in Oulu

From: Hospital bed occupancy for rotavirus and all cause acute gastroenteritis in two Finnish hospitals before and after the implementation of the national rotavirus vaccination program with RotaTeq®

  

Children 0–16 years

Children 0–2 years

Period

Years

Number of children in the catchment area

Number of bed days*

% RV among all AGE

Number of children in the catchment area

Number of bed days*

% RV among all AGE

RV AGE

All AGE

RV AGE

All AGE

Pre-vaccination period

2001-2002

83,846

207

861

24.0

15,161

142

483

29.4

2002-2003

83,668

260

1127

23.1

15,310

169

655

25.8

2003-2004

84,107

260

1056

24.6

15,818

216

633

34.1

2004-2005

84,443

151

733

20.6

16,274

109

429

25.4

2005-2006

84,870

219

1415

15.5

16,606

169

848

19.9

 

Annual average

-

219.4

1038.4

21.1

-

161

609.6

26.4

 

Overall number of bed days per 100,000 children

-

261

1233

 

-

1017

3850

 

Transition period

2006-2007

85,064

33

1241

2.7

16,903

25

671

3.7

2007-2008

85,257

84

840

10.0

16,906

31

387

8.0

2008-2009

85,683

161

787

20.5

17,145

115

425

27.1

 

Annual average

-

92.7

956.0

2.7

-

57

494.3

11.5

 

Overall number of bed days per 100,000 children

-

109

1120

 

-

336

2910

 

Post-vaccination period

2009-2010

86,144

116

433

26.8

17,312

84

221

38.0

2010-2011

86,498

13.0

222

5.9

17,315

2

70

2.9

2011-2012

87,264

11

294

3.7

17,285

2

102

2.0

 

Annual average

-

46.7

316.3

14.8

-

29.3

131.0

22.4

 

Overall number of bed days per 100,000 children

-

54

365

 

-

170

757

 

% reduction (95% CI) of the number of bed days per 100,000 children between the post- and pre-vaccination periods

 

−79 (−47;-92)

−70 (−58;-79)

  

−83 (−35;-96)

−80 (−68;-88)

 

Absolute reduction (95% CI) of the number of bed days per 100,000 children between the post- and pre-vaccination periods

 

−207 (−189;-225)

−868 (−828;-909)

  

−847 (−769;-926)

−3092 (−2937;-3249)

 
  1. *unless otherwise specified.