Table 3.

Incidence of acute otitis media (per 1000 person-years) as diagnosed by a physician during the 12-month prospective study period (2008–2010) in children aged 0–5 years in five European countries

	0–2 years old		3–5 years old
	Total number of events	Incidence (95% CI)	Total number of events	Incidence (95% CI)
Germany	182	311 (267–359)	134	218 (183–258)
Italy	119	193 (160–232)	113	197 (162–237)
Spain	223	392 (342–447)	148	263 (223–309)
Sweden	204	344 (298–394)	98	174 (141–212)
UK	108	247 (203–298)	66	202 (156–257)
Total	836	299 (279–320)	559	212 (195–230)

CI, Confidence interval.