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. 2021 May 19;6(Suppl 2):e003814. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003814

Table 1.

Risk–benefit of rotavirus vaccination by country on rotavirus hospitalisations and deaths and associated intussusception risk for one vaccinated birth cohort to age 5 years

Country Vaccine evaluated Vaccine dose(s) Overall attributable risk* Rotavirus outcomes averted Intussusception outcomes caused
Mexico34 Rotarix Dose 1 only 2.0–3.7 Hospitalisations: 11 551
Deaths: 663
Hospitalisations: 41
Deaths: 2
Brazil34 Rotarix Dose 2 only 1.5 Hospitalisations: 69 572
Deaths: 640
Hospitalisations: 55
Deaths: 3
Australia35 Rotarix Doses 1 and 2 4.3 Hospitalisations: 6528
Deaths: not reported
Hospitalisations: 14
Deaths: not reported
RotaTeq Doses 1 and 2 7.0
USA36 39 Rotarix Doses 1 and 2 5.3 Hospitalisations: 53 444
Deaths: 14
Hospitalisations: 35–166
Deaths: 0.1–0.5
Dose 2 only 7.3
RotaTeq Dose 1 only 0.7–1.5 Not reported Not reported
England40 Rotarix Dose 1 only 1.68 Hospitalisations: 25 000
Deaths: not reported
Hospitalisations: 21
Deaths: not reported

Note: Table adapted from Reference.87

*Excess intussusception cases per 100 000 vaccinated infants.