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. 2014 Feb 26;179(7):895–909. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwu001

Table 2.

Characteristics of 905,718 Commercially Insured US Infants and Children Vaccinated or Unvaccinated With RV5 or RV1, 2001–2005 and 2007–2010

Variable Year
2001–2005 2007a
2008a
2009a
2010a
Prevaccine Period, % (n = 277,900) Vaccinated, % (n = 68,380) Not Vaccinated, % (n = 64,932) Vaccinated, % (n = 175,768) Not Vaccinated, % (n = 90,883) Vaccinated, % (n = 249,840) Not Vaccinated, % (n = 61,136) Vaccinated, % (n = 254,249) Not Vaccinated, % (n = 41,892)
Male 51.6 50.9 51.4 50.9 51.4 51.1 51.6 51.3 52.0
Hospitalized overnight for non-AGE (before 2 months of age) 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.9 4.0 3.6 4.0 3.5 4.0
No. of siblings 0.9 (1.0)b 0.8 (1.0)b 0.9 (1.0)b 0.8 (1.0)b 0.9 (1.0)b 0.8 (1.0)b 0.9 (1.1)b 0.8 (1.0)b 0.9 (1.1)b
US region of residence
 Northeast 10.4 6.9 9.4 8.4 10.9 11.4 16.7 13.9 22.0
 North central 24.4 31.1 34.6 30.0 34.4 28.4 31.1 27.9 26.8
 South 46.0 53.5 43.9 52.3 41.9 50.3 39.3 46.2 37.2
 West 19.1 8.5 12.1 9.3 12.8 10.0 13.0 12.0 14.1
Population density of residence
 Metro with ≥1 million population 57.7 56.5 58.7 58.1 57.3 60.3 58.0 61.4 59.8
 Metro with 250,000–1 million population 19.6 19.3 16.6 19.1 16.8 18.2 15.8 18.6 16.2
 Metro with <250,000 population 9.9 11.8 9.6 10.5 9.8 9.9 9.5 9.4 9.0
 Urban with ≥20,000 population, adjacent to metro area 3.8 3.8 4.1 3.6 4.1 3.4 4.2 3.3 4.0
 Urban with ≥20,000 population, not adjacent to metro area 1.9 1.8 2.5 1.8 2.6 1.7 2.4 1.5 2.1
 Urban with 2,500–19,999 population, adjacent to metro area 4.3 4.0 4.9 4.1 5.3 3.9 5.4 3.6 4.9
 Urban with 2,500–19,999 population, not adjacent to metro area 1.8 1.8 2.6 1.9 3.0 1.8 3.5 1.6 2.9
 Rural with <2,500 population, adjacent to metro area 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4
 Rural with <2,500 population, not adjacent to metro area 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.6

Abbreviations: AGE, acute gastroenteritis; metro, metropolitan; RV1, monovalent rotavirus vaccine; RV5, pentavalent rotavirus vaccine.

a A total of 379,262 (60%) infants and children were counted during 2 consecutive calendar years during the vaccine period, 2007–2010.

b Value is mean (standard deviation).