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Trends in otitis media rates among observational database studies presenting data for years before and after 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction in 2000. Asterisks indicate studies for which the midpoint of the reported period was used to generate the graph. The age groups used for analysis are indicated in parentheses. Abbreviations: OM, otitis media; PY, person-years.
