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. 2022 Jun 7;56:50. doi: 10.11606/s1518-8787.2022056003805

Table 3. Incidence of hospitalization according to epidemiological and socioeconomic characteristics of measles cases. State of São Paulo, Brazil, 2019.

Variables Total casesa Hospitalization IR 95%CI
n incidencea
Gender          
Male 8,123 1,086 13.4 1  
Female 7,471 952 12.7 0.95 (0.87–1.03)
Age group          
50 or older 430 47 10.9 1  
30–49 2,678 279 10.4 1.03 (0.77–1.38)
18–29 6,190 601 9.7 0.90 (0.68–1.19)
12–17 677 68 10.0 0.92 (0.65–1.30)
5–11 499 50 10.0 0.93 (0.64–1.36)
1–4 2,283 304 13.3 1.22 (0.92–1.63)
< 1 2,841 690 24.3 2.19 (1.66–2.88)
Schoolingb          
< 4 years 198 10 5.1 1  
4–9 years 852 44 5.2 1.07 (0.55–2.08)
10–12 years 1,987 118 5.9 1.20 (0.64–2.24)
13 years or more 504 45 8.9 1.14 (0.58–2.25)
Registered race/color          
White 9,246 1,168 12.6 1  
Black 427 44 10.3 0.82 (0.62–1.09)
Brown 3,241 389 12.0 0.96 (0.87–1.07)
Yellow 130 17 13.1 1.01 (0.64–1.56)
Indigenous 37 8 21.6 1.84 (1.01–3.34)
Prior vaccination          
Yes 6,302 642 10.2 1  
No 6,179 1,004 16.2 1.59 (1.45–1.75)

Source: Sinan, 2019.

IR: incidence rate; 95%CI: 95% confidence interval.

a Cases with unknown information were excluded.

b Only cases aged 18 or over.