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Published in final edited form as: Clin Infect Dis. 2016 May 1;62(Suppl 2):S133–S139. doi: 10.1093/cid/civ1205

Table 4.

Changes in Diarrhea-Related Hospitalizations Among Children <5 Years of Age in the Postvaccine Period Compared With the Prevaccine Period During Rotavirus Season

	Median No. of Diarrhea-Related Hospitalizations		Median Diarrhea-Related Hospitalizations, Proportion		Absolute Reduction Proportion of Hospitalization	Relative Reduction in Hospitalizations, Proportion (95% CI) %	P Value
Age Group	Prevaccine	Postvaccine	Prevaccine	Postvaccine	Absolute Reduction Proportion of Hospitalization		P Value
All ages (0–59 mo)	9748	3952	9.8	3.4	6.4	66 (64–68)	<.001
≤11 mo	4573	1719	7.0	2.2	4.8	68 (65–71)	<.001
12–23 mo	3507	1143	24.5	7.8	16.7	68 (65–72)	<.001
24–59 mo	1668	1090	8.3	4.2	4.1	50 (45–55)	<.001

P values were calculated with the use of a χ² test.

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.