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. 2018 May 9;109(5-6):756–768. doi: 10.17269/s41997-018-0050-9

Table 1.

Estimates of population size, disease rates, case-fatality rates, and associated costs*

Age/risk profile Sources
18–49 years 50–64 years 65–74 years 75–84 years ≥ 85 years
Low High Immuno-comp. Low High Immuno-comp. Low High Immuno-comp. Low High Immuno-comp. Low High Immuno-comp.
No. of Canadian adults in: 10.4 4.7 0.3 4.0 2.9 0.5 1.4 1.3 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.1 Statistics Canada (2013), NHIS (2012)
Annual disease incidenceb (per 100 K) Demczuk et al. (2013), Rudnick et al. (2013), Kellner et al. (2009), Kyaw et al. (2005), McNeil et al. (2012), Chiltern/OXON Report on file
Bacteremia 0.9 7.0 47.5 2.7 13.4 58.8 3.8 14.4 54.0 4.4 13.5 38.9 4.6 12.7 28.7
Meningitis 0.05 0.37 2.50 0.14 0.70 3.09 0.20 0.76 2.84 0.23 0.71 2.05 0.24 0.67 1.51
ACP McNeil et al. (2012, 2014a, b), Griffin et al.(2013), Marrie and Huang (2005), Kyaw (2005), Chiltern/OXON Report on file
Inpatient 47 326 1974 108 477 2121 252 885 3329 590 1842 5952 913 2729 8181
Outpatient 45 323 2109 88 431 2032 152 568 2250 276 873 2842 308 898 2506
Annual mortality/case-fatality (per 100)
Bacteremia 6.9 8.7 10.4 10.6 13.3 15.9 13.6 17.0 20.4 17.6 22.0 26.4 46.4 57.9 69.5 McNeil et al. (2014a, b), Statistics Canada (2013), NHIS (2012), Smith et al. (2008), Lexau et al. (2005), Robinson et al. (2001)
Meningitis 6.9 8.7 10.4 10.6 13.3 15.9 13.6 17.0 20.4 18.1 22.6 27.1 50.3 62.9 75.4
ACP requiring inpatient care 3.4 4.3 5.2 6.7 8.4 10.1 8.6 10.8 13.0 11.6 14.5 17.4 17.8 22.3 26.7
Medical care costs (per case) Chiltern/OXON Report on file
Requiring inpatient care
Bacteremia $44,747 $54,174 $55,061 $44,627 $50,514 $58,934 $33,023 $44,980 $46,954 $35,465 $41,857 $46,355 $33,487 $45,442 $42,628
Meningitis $25,604 $30,998 $31,505 $25,535 $28,904 $33,721 $22,960 $31,273 $32,645 $24,658 $29,101 $32,229 $23,282 $31,594 $29,638
ACPc $14,605 $16,556 $21,403 $14,098 $16,001 $21,845 $17,347 $19,750 $25,591 $16,555 $20,234 $24,665 $16,691 $20,537 $23,294
Requiring outpatient care only
ACP $96 $98 $113 $95 $97 $112 $95 $96 $112 $94 $96 $111 $94 $96 $111 Morrow et al. (2007)
Vaccination (per person)

Proactive Pharma Solutions 2014d

Pfizer Canada

Skowronski et al. (2006)

PPV23 $11.00 $11.00 $11.00 $11.00 $11.00 $11.00 $11.00 $11.00 $11.00 $11.00 $11.00 $11.00 $11.00 $11.00 $11.00
PCV13 Confidential Contact price
Administration $15.59 $15.59 $15.59 $15.59 $15.59 $15.59 $15.59 $15.59 $15.59 $15.59 $15.59 $15.59 $15.59 $15.59 $15.59

NHIS: National Health Interview Survey

aEstimates correspond to mid-point of age range

bRates in year 5 of modeling horizon, fully adjusted for herd effects

cUnit cost was assumed to be the same for all cases of ACP, irrespective of the causative pathogen (see supplement material for more details)

dThe price of PPV23 was set at $11.00 per dose, which was based on 2016 IMS data and an assumed discount to approximate the confidential government contract price