Table 4.
Estimated RSV-associated ALRI deaths in Indonesia based on total ALRI deaths occurring in and out of hospital in children younger than 2 years in Lombok, Indonesia
| Months of RSV season (a) | Average total ALRI deaths per month during RSV season (b) | Average total ALRI deaths per month outside RSV season (c) | Total ALRI deaths per year (d) | Proportion of ALRI deaths due to RSV (e)* | Indonesia RSV deaths†‡ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6 | 73 | 62 | 814 | 0·081 | 2887 |
| 2001 | 6 | 85 | 49 | 802 | 0·27 | 9623 |
| 2002 | 7 | 45 | 37 | 499 | 0·12 | 4277 |
| Summary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5596§ |
RSV=respiratory syncytial virus. ALRI=acute lower respiratory infections.
*
e=[(b−c)a]/d.
†
35 640e.
‡
Calculated with the WHO proportion estimate of 22% of all deaths in children younger than 5 years (19% of all deaths in children aged 1–59 months and a third of the 26% of all neonatal deaths) in Indonesia in 2005.1
§
Calculated as the mean of individual year values.