Table 1. Age-specific counts and crude risks of severe COVID-19 outcomes by age, pooled from 10 EU countries, weeks 32/2020 to 39/2021 (n = 6,604,483).
| Age | Symptomatic cases | Cases per 100,000 population | Hospitalisation | ICU | Death | ICU among hospitalised cases | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Crude risk % (95% CI) |
n | Crude risk % (95% CI) |
n | Crude risk % (95% CI) |
Crude risk % (95% CI) |
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| Total 0–23 monthsa | 8,258 | NS | 695 | 8.42 (7.83–9.04) |
95 | 1.15 (0.93–1.40) |
8 | 0.10 (0.04–0.19) |
13.67 (11.20–16.45) |
| 0–2 months | 1,243 | NS | 320 | 25.74 (23.33–28.27) |
39 | 3.14 (2.24–4.26) |
3 | 0.24 (0.05–0.70) |
12.19 (8.81–16.28) |
| 3–5 months | 869 | NS | 101 | 11.62 (9.57–13.94) |
18 | 2.07 (1.23–3.25) |
0 | 0 | 17.82 (10.92–26.70) |
| 6–8 months | 995 | NS | 64 | 6.43 (4.99–8.14) |
11 | 1.11 (0.55–1.97) |
2 | 0.20 (0.02–0.72) |
17.19 (8.90–28.68) |
| 9–11 months | 1,085 | NS | 63 | 5.81 (4.49–7.37) |
6 | 0.55 (0.20–1.20) |
0 | 0 | 9.52 (3.58–19.59) |
| 12–17 months | 2,042 | NS | 82 | 4.02 (3.21–4.96) |
7 | 0.34 (0.14–0.71) |
2 | 0.10 (0.01–0.35) |
8.54 (3.50 - 16.80) |
| 18–23 months | 2,024 | NS | 65 | 3.21 (2.49–4.08) |
14 | 0.69 (0.38–1.16) |
1 | 0.05 (0.00–0.27) |
21.54 12.31–33.49) |
| Total 0–17 years | 820,404 | 2,692 | 9,611 | 1.17 (1.15–1.20) |
640 | 0.08 (0.07–0.08) |
84 | 0.01 (0.01–0.01) |
6.66 (6.17–7.18) |
| < 1 year | 22,518 | 1,432 | 2,952 | 13.11 (12.67–13.56) |
142 | 0.63 (0.53–0.74) |
15 | 0.07 (0.04–0.11) |
4.81 (4.07–5.65) |
| 1 year | 24,797 | 1,525 | 852 | 3.44 (3.21–3.67) |
44 | 0.18 (0.13–0.24) |
5 | 0.02 (0.01–0.05) |
5.16 (3.78–6.87) |
| 2 years | 23,032 | 1,384 | 471 | 2.04 (1.87–2.24) |
22 | 0.10 (0.06–0.14) |
4 | 0.02 (0.00–0.04) |
4.67 (2.95–6.99) |
| 3 years | 24,573 | 1,452 | 324 | 1.32 (1.18–1.47) |
14 | 0.06 (0.03–0.10) |
3 | 0.01 (0.00–0.04) |
4.32 (2.38–7.14) |
| 4 years | 24,858 | 1,484 | 265 | 1.07 (0.94–1.20) |
15 | 0.06 (0.03–0.10) |
6 | 0.02 (0.01–0.05) |
5.66 (3.20–9.16) |
| 5 years | 26,494 | 1,574 | 241 | 0.91 (0.80–1.03) |
18 | 0.07 (0.04–0.11) |
4 | 0.02 (0.00–0.04) |
7.47 (4.49–11.55) |
| 6 years | 31,300 | 1,881 | 225 | 0.72 (0.63–0.82) |
20 | 0.06 (0.04–0.10) |
1 | 0.00 (0.00–0.02) |
8.89 (5.51–13.39) |
| 7 years | 34,857 | 2,062 | 230 | 0.66 (0.58–0.75) |
14 | 0.04 (0.02–0.07) |
3 | 0.01 (0.00–0.03) |
6.09 (3.37–10.00) |
| 8 years | 39,241 | 2,325 | 253 | 0.64 (0.57–0.73) |
23 | 0.06 (0.04–0.09) |
3 | 0.01 (0.00–0.02) |
9.09 (5.85–13.33) |
| 9 years | 44,703 | 2,588 | 266 | 0.60 (0.53–0.67) |
24 | 0.05 (0.03–0.08) |
0 | 0 | 9.02 (5.87–13.13) |
| 10 years | 50,126 | 2,914 | 315 | 0.63 (0.56–0.70) |
31 | 0.06 (0.04–0.09) |
3 | 0.01 (0.00–0.02) |
9.84 (6.79–13.68) |
| 11 years | 54,337 | 3,120 | 307 | 0.56 (0.50–0.63) |
29 | 0.05 (0.04–0.08) |
4 | 0.01 (0.0–0.02) |
9.45 (6.42–13.28) |
| 12 years | 58,210 | 3,371 | 328 | 0.56 (0.50–0.63) |
26 | 0.04 (0.03–0.07) |
4 | 0.01 (0.00–0.02) |
7.93 (5.24–11.40) |
| 13 years | 61,897 | 3,621 | 374 | 0.60 (0.54–0.67) |
35 | 0.06 (0.04–0.08) |
6 | 0.01 (0.00–0.02) |
9.36 (6.61–12.77) |
| 14 years | 63,855 | 3,737 | 430 | 0.67 (0.61–0.74) |
49 | 0.08 (0.06–0.10) |
8 | 0.01 (0.01–0.02) |
11.40 (8.55–14.78) |
| 15 years | 70,862 | 4,091 | 477 | 0.67 (0.61–0.74) |
38 | 0.05 (0.04–0.07) |
7 | 0.01 (0.00–0.02) |
7.97 (5.70–10.77) |
| 16 years | 77,353 | 4,490 | 567 | 0.73 (0.67–0.80) |
40 | 0.05 (0.04–0.07) |
1 | 0.00 (0.00–0.01) |
7.05 (5.09–9.48) |
| 17 years | 87,391 | 5,043 | 734 | 0.84 (0.78–0.90) |
56 | 0.06 (0.05–0.08) |
7 | 0.01 (0.00–0.02) |
7.63 (5.81–9.79) |
| 1–4 years | 97,260 | 1,461 | 1,912 | 1.97 (1.88–2.06) |
95 | 0.10 (0.08–0.12) |
18 | 0.02 (0.01–0.03) |
4.97 (4.04–6.04) |
| 5–11 years | 281,058 | 2,359 | 1,837 | 0.65 (0.62–0.68) |
159 | 0.06 (0.05–0.07) |
18 | 0.01 (0.00–0.01) |
8.66 (7.41–10.04) |
| 12–17 years | 419,568 | 4,061 | 2,910 | 0.69 (0.67–0.72) |
244 | 0.06 (0.05–0.07) |
33 | 0.01 (0.01–0.01) |
8.38 (7.40–9.45) |
| 18–49 years | 3,339,485 | 4,702 | 86,961 | 2.60 (2.59–2.62) |
10,293 | 0.31 (0.30–0.31) |
2,837 | 0.08 (0.08–0.09) |
11.84 (11.62–12.05) |
| 50–79 years | 2,095,032 | 3,143 | 277,377 | 13.24 (13.19–13.29) |
59,911 | 2.86 (2.84–2.88) |
73,672 | 3.52 (3.49–3.54) |
21.60 (21.45–21.75) |
| ≥ 80 years | 349,562 | 2,948 | 141,502 | 40.48 (40.32–40.64) |
16,136 | 4.62 (4.55–4.69) |
116,871 | 33.43 (33.28–33.59) |
11.40 (11.24–11.57) |
CI: confidence interval; COVID-19: coronavirus disease; EU: European Union; ICU: intensive care unit; NS: not shown.
aAnalysis of a subset of cases younger than 2 years with data on age in months, from seven countries (Austria, Cyprus, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Slovakia and Sweden). Case rates per 100,000 population are not provided for these age groups.