TABLE 3.
Age-Adjusted Cumulative Population-Based Rates of Hospitalization and Severe COVID-19 per 100 000 Children Aged <18 Years by Age Group, Sex, and Race and Hispanic Ethnicity Identified Through the COVID-NET, March 2020‒May 2021
| Group | Hospitalization | Severe COVID-19 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate | RR | No. | Rate | RR | |
| Overall | 3106 | 43.2 | — | 860 | 12.0 | — |
| Age group | ||||||
| <2 y | 862 | 113.7 | — | 199 | 26.3 | — |
| <12 mo | 671 | 177.5 | 3.2 | 139 | 36.8 | 2.4 |
| 12‒23 mo | 191 | 50.3 | 0.9 | 60 | 15.8 | 1.03 |
| 2‒17 y | 2244 | 34.9 | — | 661 | 10.3 | — |
| 2‒5 y | 375 | 23.8 | 0.4 | 123 | 7.8 | 0.5 |
| 6‒11 y | 493 | 20.5 | 0.4 | 159 | 6.6 | 0.4 |
| 12‒17 y | 1376 | 56.1 | Reference | 379 | 15.5 | Reference |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 1556 | 42.5 | 0.97 | 476 | 13.0 | 1.2 |
| Female | 1550 | 44.0 | Reference | 384 | 10.9 | Reference |
| Race and Hispanic ethnicity groupa | ||||||
| Hispanic | 1051 | 71.2 | 3.3 | 259 | 17.6 | 3.3 |
| NH Black | 936 | 63.0 | 2.9 | 314 | 21.1 | 3.9 |
| NH Asian or Pacific Islander | 149 | 25.3 | 1.2 | 36 | 6.0 | 1.1 |
| NH White | 767 | 21.4 | Reference | 193 | 5.4 | Reference |
Age-adjusted cumulative rates reflect the number of ICU admissions or invasive mechanical ventilations among children aged <18 y divided by the 2019 bridged-race postcensal population estimates from the National Center for Health Statistics. NH, non-Hispanic; —, not applicable.
a
Rates not presented for the following race and ethnicity groups because of insufficient sample size: NH American Indian or Alaska Native, NH multiple races, NH other, or unknown.