Table 1.

Epidemiological data for a birth cohort of 682,514 infants

Parameter	Proportion of birth cohort	Number of cases	Source
Total RVGE cases	28.10%	192,037	Calculated
Untreated RVGE cases	6.20%	42,492	Calculated
Outpatient-treated RVGE cases	21.90%	149,544	[10]
Hospital-treated RVGE cases	4.93%	33,648	Calculated [9,10]
Nosocomial RVGE cases	0.41%	2 795	Calculated from different sources [31-33]
Deaths		1	[34]

RVGE rotavirus gastroenteritis.