Table 2.
No. of Individuals | No. of HZa Cases | Total No. of Person-Years | Incidence Rate per 1000 Person-Years (95% CI) | |
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With concomitant vaccine | 12 898 | 41 | 18 327.7 | 2.2 (1.6–3.0) |
Without concomitant vaccine | 28 353 | 136 | 40 297.4 | 3.4 (2.9–4.0) |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; HZ, herpes zoster.
HZ was defined as an HZ diagnosis code plus prescription of an antiviral. Individuals were followed from index date until occurrence of HZ, disenrollment from Kaiser Permanente Southern California, death, or end of follow-up (30 September 2020).