Table 1.
Characteristics of the Study Population by Vaccine Period
| Pneumonia Hospitalizations | Pneumonia Deaths | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prevaccine Period (n = 2954) |
Postvaccine Period (n = 3989) |
Prevaccine Period (n = 97) |
Postvaccine Period (n = 104) |
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Hospital site | ||||||||
| Francistown | 1359 | 46 | 1835 | 46 | 34 | 35 | 46 | 44 |
| Gaborone | 1034 | 35 | 1316 | 33 | 39 | 40 | 34 | 33 |
| Maun | 561 | 19 | 838 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 23 |
| Age | ||||||||
| 1–11 m | 1568 | 53 | 2178 | 55 | 84 | 87 | 73 | 70 |
| 12–59 m | 1386 | 47 | 1811 | 45 | 13 | 13 | 31 | 30 |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Female | 1300 | 44 | 1755 | 44 | 48 | 49 | 52 | 50 |
| Male | 1654 | 56 | 2234 | 56 | 49 | 51 | 52 | 50 |
| HIV exposure status | ||||||||
| HIV-exposed | 561 | 19 | 1197 | 30 | 21 | 22 | 49 | 47 |
| HIV-unexposed | 620 | 21 | 2393 | 60 | 17 | 18 | 50 | 48 |
| Unknown | 1773 | 60 | 399 | 10 | 59 | 60 | 5 | 5 |
The prevaccine period corresponds to January 2009 to October 2010 and the postvaccine period (after introduction of Hib vaccine and PCV-13) corresponds to January 2013 to December 2017.
Abbreviations: Hib, Haemophilus influenzae type b; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; PCV-13, 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.