Table 9.
Annual number of varicella cases, consultations, hospitalizations and deaths and consultation, hospitalization and case fatality rates in Europe before the introduction of universal childhood immunization programs
| Outcome | Age group (years) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <5 | 5–9 | 10–14 | 15–19 | 20–39 | 40+ | Total | |
| N varicella cases | 3,029,226 | 1,816,442 | 175,020 | 116,926 | 244,923 | 141,087 | 5,523,624 |
| N varicella consultations | 1,660,087 | 826,610 | 179,400 | 67,609 | 164,118 | 78,015 | 2,975,839 |
| N varicella hospitalizations | 9905 | 2386 | 712 | 718 | 3209 | 1233 | 18,163 |
| N varicella deaths | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 45 | 81 |
| Proportion of varicella cases consulting a physician (%) | 54.80 | 45.51 | 100.00 | 57.82 | 67.01 | 55.30 | 53.87 |
| Proportion of varicella cases that are hospitalized (%) | 0.33 | 0.13 | 0.41 | 0.61 | 1.31 | 0.87 | 0.33 |
| Case fatality rate (%) | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0.032 | 0.001 |