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. 2026 May 21;14:1768403. doi: 10.3389/fped.2026.1768403

Table 2.

Population, epidemiology, and cost inputs used to estimate the burden of disease in children <5 years of age.

Argentina Mexico Chile Colombia Brazil
Population <5 3,668,251 (37) 10,047,365 (38) 1,166,146 (39) 4,373,565 (40) 12,704,860 (41)
Incidence per 100,000
IPD 10.0 (22, 42) 18.6 (22) 13.3 (29) 12 (30, 31)b 21.0 (34)
Inpatient PNE 329.7 (23) 801.5 (28) 340.0 (29) 1,312.8 (30, 31)c 3,433.0 (35)
Outpatient PNE 123.2 (23) 6,412.0 (27) 15,227.8 (24) 5,133.3 (30, 31)c 3,643.1 (24)
OM 8,493.0 (24) 855.3 (27) 16,260.0 (24) 2,574.3 (30, 31)d 761.2 (36)
% IPD presenting as meningitis 23 (42) 9 (14) 17 (29) 11 (11) 45 (11)
% non-invasive disease attributable to S. pneumoniae (20) 29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1
CFRsa (%)
Meningitis 14.3 (24) 14.7 (27) 4.0 (29) 26.0 (33) 13.0 (34)
Bacteremia 1.5 (25) 4.5 (27) 4.0 (29) 14.0 (33) 13.0 (34)
PNE 3.5 (24) 3.0 (27) 0.5 (24) 9.0 (33) 1.0 (34)
Direct medical cost per disease (2023 $USD)
Bacteremia 3,530 (21) 5,818 (43) 608 (24) 5,160 (44) 567 (34)
Meningitis 2,741 (21) 10,853 (43) 2,427 (24) 7,305 (44) 699 (34)
Inpatient PNE 2,158 (21) 4,245 (43) 706 (24) 1,275 (44) 237 (34)
Outpatient PNE 150 (21) 336 (43) 65 (24) 43 (44) 76 (34)
OM 31 (21) 2,602 (43) 28 (24) 25 (44) 76 (34)
Indirect cost per disease (2023 $USD)
IPD 283 228 367 161 240
Inpatient PNE 291 180 306 147 160
Outpatient PNE 100 60 153 43 80
OM 20 12 31 9 16

OM, otitis media; CFR, case fatality rate; IPD, invasive pneumococcal disease; PNE, pneumonia; USD, United States dollar.

a

CFR for meningitis and bacteremia assumed to be the same if data only presented CFR for overall IPD.

b

ICD-10 codes: A39.0, A39.4, A39.9, A40.3, A41.3, A41.5, A41.8, A41.9, A49.2, A49.8, A49.9, B95.3, G00.0, G00.1, G00.2, G03.9.

c

ICD-10 codes: J13, J14, J15.6, J15.8, J15.9, J16.8, J18.0, J18.1, J18.8, J18.9, J22.

d

ICD-10 codes: H65.0-H65.4, H65.9-H66.4 L, H66.9.