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Table 1 Annual Australian age-specific incidence of pneumococcal disease

From: Burden of pneumococcal disease in adults aged 65 years and older: an Australian perspective

 

Age group, y

65–74

75–84

≥85

All

Australian population

1,789,563

1,028,247

438,797

3,256,607

Pneumonia hospitalisations a

Total number of pneumonia hospitalisations (all-cause)

11,779

16,818

14,739

43,336

Incidence of pneumonia hospitalisations (all-cause)b

658

1,636

3,359

1,331

Percent due to pneumococcic

20.6 %

20.6 %

20.6 %

20.6 %

Incidence of pneumococcal pneumonia hospitalisations

136

337

692

274

Pneumonia GP visits d

Total number of pneumonia GP visits (all-cause)

26,600

28,800

22,500

78,000

Frequency of pneumonia GP visits (all-cause)b

1,591

2,860

5,485

2,525

Percentage referred to hospital and/or EDe

12.5 %

12.5 %

12.5 %

12.5 %

Frequency of pneumonia GP visits (without hospitalisation)b

1,392

2,502

4,799

2,209

Percent due to pneumococcic

20.6 %

20.6 %

20.6 %

20.6 %

Frequency of pneumococcal pneumonia GP visitsb

287

515

989

455

IPD f

Total number of IPD cases

233

216

164

613

Incidence

 IPDb

13

21

37

19

 Pneumoniab

9

16

27

13

 Bacteraemiab

2

3

6

3

 Meningitisb

1

1

0

1

  1. Abbreviations: ED emergency department, GP general practitioner, IPD invasive pneumococcal disease
  2. aPneumonia hospitalisation data from financial year 2011–12
  3. bPer 100,000 population
  4. cCalculated as the midpoint between the ACAPS study by Charles et al. (13.9 %) [10] and the systematic review by Said et al. (27.3 %) [5]
  5. dAnnual pneumonia GP visit data from April 2008 to March 2013
  6. eBEACH calculated that 12.5 % of patients were referred to hospital and/or emergency departments [12]
  7. fIPD data from 2012