Table 2.
Length of hospital stay among RSV inpatients in the JMDC population
| Age group (months) | 0–2 | 3–5 | 6–11 | 12–23 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2018 | 2017 | 2018 | 2017 | 2018 | 2017 | 2018 | |
| Total RSV inpatients† | 514 | 481 | 474 | 426 | 576 | 472 | 979 | 771 |
| Number of hospitalizations‡ | 516 | 484 | 447 | 398 | 569 | 467 | 979 | 774 |
| Length of hospital stay (days) | ||||||||
| Mean | 7.4 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 6.5 |
| Median | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
†Total RSV inpatients: the number of inpatients diagnosed with RSV.
‡Number of hospitalizations: the number of times patients were hospitalized due to RSV.
JMDC: Japan Medical Data Center; RSV: respiratory syncytial virus.