Table 4. Hospitalization rates per 100 000, rate ratios (RRs), and 95% CIs for IPD, Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia, all-cause pneumonia, and AOM between the pre-PCV years and the whole vaccination period, Apulia region, Italy.
| 2001–2005 | 2006–2011 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Rate per 100 000 | N | Rate per 100 000 | RR | CI 95% | |
| IPD | 6.4 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 0.72 | 0.21–2.43 |
| Pneumococcal pneumonia | 25.2 | 12.3 | 10.3 | 5.4 | 0.43 | 0.21–0.90 |
| All-cause pneumonia | 1680.4 | 820.8 | 1456 | 754.4 | 0.92 | 0.86–0.99 |
| Suppurative and unspecified otitis media | 419.6 | 204.8 | 298.5 | 154.7 | 0.75 | 0.65–0.88 |