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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 14.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2012 Feb 22;307(8):804–812. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.169

Table 1. Characteristics of Invasive Pneumococcal Infections Based on the Active Bacterial Core Surveillance System*.

Ages 50-59 Age 60-69 Age 70-79 Age ≥ 80
Invasive pneumococcal disease rates (per 100,000
population per year)
Total 19.6 25.9 33.9 60.1
 No comorbid or immunocompromising conditions 9.2 13.1 16.2 33.9
 ≥1 immunocompromising conditions 67.1 58.5 54.1 64.3
 ≥1 comorbid conditions 39.2 39.2 48.5 97.2
PPSV23 vaccine serotype coverage (%) 73.3% 74.1% 65.8% 62.9%
PCV13 vaccine serotype coverage (%) 48.3% 48.7% 40.8% 40.8%
Disease outcome rates (per 100,000 population per year)
 Meningitis 1.4 1.6 1.3 1.3
 Mortality 2.1 2.9 3.9 11.9
*

Source: Active Bacterial Core Surveillance (ABCs) 2007-2008, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, from all counties in ABCs PPSV23 = pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine, PCV13 = 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine