TABLE 3.

Adverse Events and Preventable AEs by Age Category

	No. Patients	Total Patient Days	AEs			Preventable AEs			Proportion of Preventable AEs (%)
			No. Events	Incidence Rate*	Rate†	No. Events	Incidence Rate*	Rate†
Total	1126	12,624	953	75.5	84.6	218	17.3	19.4	22.9
Age category
1. Neonates (<1 mo)	82	2798	127	45.4	154.9	50	17.9	61.0	39.4
2. Infants (≥1 mo, <1 y)	190	2049	183	89.3	96.3	42	20.5	22.1	23.0
3. Preschoolers (≥1 y, <7 y)	545	3840	321	83.6	58.9	77	20.1	14.1	24.0
4. School-aged children (≥7 y, <13 y)	202	2719	224	82.4	110.9	37	13.6	18.3	16.5
5. Teenagers (≥13 y, <19 y)	87	1066	80	75.0	92.0	7	6.6	8.0	8.8
6. Overaged pediatric patients (≥19 y)	20	152	18	118.4	90.0	5	32.9	25.0	27.8

*Per 1000 patient-days.

†Per 100 admissions.