Table 2.
Number of infectious gastroenteritis hospitalizations, incidence of hospitalization per 100000 population, and mean hospital stay among children < 5 years old in Catalonia, Spain, 2003-2008
| Gastroenteritis due to Rotavirus | Other Infectious Gastroenteritis | Total Infectious Gastroenteritis | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Number | Incidence1 | Mean stay (SD)2 | Number | Incidence1 | Mean Stay(SD)2 | Number | Incidence1 | Mean Stay(SD)2 | |||
| 2003 | 287 | 83.6 | 3.8 | (2.4) | 1420 | 413.7 | 3.4 | (2.5) | 1707 | 497.3 | 3.5 | (2.5) |
| 2004 | 331 | 91.8 | 3.9 | (2.3) | 1489 | 412.9 | 3.3 | (3.0) | 1820 | 504.7 | 3.9 | (2.9) |
| 2005 | 481 | 127.6 | 3.6 | (1.9) | 1332 | 353.5 | 3.0 | (2.4) | 1813 | 481.1 | 3.2 | (2.3) |
| 2006 | 472 | 120.3 | 3.9 | (2.0) | 1472 | 375.1 | 2.9 | (2.4) | 1944 | 495.4 | 3.2 | (2.3) |
| 2007 | 401 | 98.5 | 3.7 | (3.0) | 1427 | 350.5 | 2.9 | (2.2) | 1828 | 449.0 | 3.1 | (2.4) |
| 2008 | 401 | 99.2 | 3.5 | (2.0) | 1142 | 282.5 | 2.9 | (2.7) | 1543 | 381.7 | 3.1 | (2.6) |
| Period 2003-2008 | 2373 | 103.93 | 3.7 | (2.3) | 8282 | 362.53 | 3.1 | (2.5) | 10655 | 466.43 | 3.2 | (2.5) |
1Incidence per 100000 population
2Mean hospital stay in days (standard deviation [SD] in parentheses)
3 Average annual incidence