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. 2018 Jul 24;13(7):e0200319. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200319

Table 1. Comparison of OUTSMART November 2016—March 2017 RSV positive tests with RSV in NEDS and NIS November 2013-March 2014 by age, gender and region.

OUTSMART NEDSa,c NISb,c
N % N % N %
Age <1 year 504 48.4% 66,982 59.7% 39,130 57.8%
1–2 year 287 27.6% 31,628 28.2% 15,070 22.3%
3–5 year 74 7.1% 6,293 5.6% 3,750 5.5%
6–59 year 90 8.6% 2,958 2.6% 4,195 6.2%
60+ year 86 8.3% 4,352 3.9% 5,545 8.2%
All 1,041 100.0% 112,213 100.0% 67,690 100.0%
Gender Male 553 53.1% 60,449 53.8% 37,030 54.6%
Female 488 46.9% 51,841 46.2% 30,830 45.4%
All 1,041 100.0% 112,290 100.0% 67,860 100.0%
Region Mid-West 241 23.2% 34,258 30.5% 15,800 23.3%
North East 219 21.0% 19,509 17.4% 13,005 19.2%
South 283 27.2% 38,611 34.4% 25,640 37.8%
West 263 25.3% 19,912 17.7% 13,415 19.8%
PR 35 3.4% - - - -
Total 1,041 100.0% 112,290 100.0% 67,860 100.0%

aNEDS: National Emergency Room Sample—Approx. 20% stratified sample of U.S. emergency room visits

bNIS: National Inpatient Sample—Approx. 20% stratified sample of U.S. hospital discharges

cRSV identified by ICD-9 codes 480.1, 466.11, 079.6 in NEDS and NIS