Table 2.

The projected number of rotavirus hospitalizations that would have occurred among children <5 years of age in 2019 in the absence of any use of rotavirus vaccine, by mortality stratum and overall.

Mortality Strata	Median RV hospitalization rate per 10,000 children <5 (IQR)	# of estimates	<5 population in 2019*	Projected rotavirus hospitalizations in the absence of a rotavirus vaccine
Low	53.5 (38.8–76.6)	18	61,117,438	326,978 (237,136–468,160)
Medium	23.8 (21.0–65.0)	9	165,295,305	393,403 (347,120–1,074,419)
High	34.9 (27.9–49.0)	12	448,953,639	1,564,603 (1,254,376–2,197,628)
Total		39	675,366,379	2,284,985 (1,838,632–3,740,207)

Expected rotavirus hospitalizations= median RV (global or regional) * <5 population.

^*Due to the absence of annual <5 population estimates, data from 2020 was used in place of 2019 population data.