Table 3.
Estimated numbers and attack rates of influenza-associated outpatient visits by age groups and time periods, Beijing, 2015–2016 season
| Age groups (years) | Total 1 year season 2015–2016 | Epidemic weeks of season 2015–2016* | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated numbers of influenza-associated outpatient visits | 95% CI | Attack rate (%) | 95% CI | Estimated numbers of influenza-associated outpatient visits | 95% CI | Percentage (%)§ | 95% CI | |||||
| 0–4 | 119 400 | 82 700 | 156 100 | 15·4 | 10·6 | 20·1 | 106 700 | 96 600 | 116 800 | 89·4 | 87·2 | 91·6 |
| 5–14 | 90 500 | 13 800 | 117 500 | 7·8 | 1·2 | 10·2 | 76 800 | 65 000 | 88 500 | 84·8 | 82·3 | 87·3 |
| 15–24 | 51 300 | 7800 | 66 600 | 1·3 | 0·2 | 1·7 | 44 800 | 38 300 | 51 400 | 87·5 | 85·3 | 89·6 |
| 25–59 | 155 900 | 23 600 | 202 300 | 1·2 | 0·2 | 1·6 | 135 000 | 115 400 | 154 600 | 86·6 | 85·4 | 87·8 |
| 60+ | 51 200 | 8000 | 66 900 | 1·8 | 0·3 | 2·4 | 39 700 | 31 300 | 48 100 | 77·5 | 74·5 | 80·6 |
| Overall | 468 300 | 70 700 | 606 800 | 2·2 | 0·3 | 2·8 | 403 000 | 351 800 | 454 300 | 86·1 | 85·0 | 87·1 |
We defined the first to 15th week of 2016 as the epidemic weeks of the season 2015–2016.
The percentage was calculated by dividing estimated influenza-associated outpatient visits during the epidemic weeks by estimated influenza-associated outpatient visits during total 1 year of the season 2015–2016.