Table 2.

Incidence rate of hospitalized children with status asthmaticus between before, during and after COVID-19 pandemic in different age groups.

Age group in years	COVID-19 period
	Before	During	After
2 to <6	10.1 (6.4–15.2)	14.9 (10.1–21.3)	20.6 (14.6–28.3)
6 to <12	6.2 (3.9–9.3)	3.1 (1.6–5.6)	5.7 (3.5–8.8)
12 to <18	2.1 (0.9–4.4)	1.5 (0.5–3.5)	1.9 (0.8–4.0)
2 to <18	5.7 (4.3–7.5)	5.2 (3.8–6.9)	7.3 (5.6–9.3)

Data are presented as incidence rate per 100,000 children per year (95% CI).

The before COVID-19 period was defined as January 23, 2017, to January 22, 2020 (36 months). The during COVID-19 period was defined as January 23, 2020, to January 22, 2023 (36 months). The after COVID-19 period was defined as January 23, 2023, to January 22, 2024 (12 months).