Table 1.
Incidence of probable AOM by age.
| Age (years) | Number of children | Total number of AOM episodes | Incidence (per 1000 person-years) | 95% CI |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LL | UL | ||||
| 0 to <1 | 208 | 10 | 89.7 | 43.0 | 165.0 |
| 1 to <2 | 185 | 18 | 101.9 | 60.4 | 161.0 |
| 2 to <3 | 198 | 22 | 118.3 | 74.1 | 179.1 |
| 3 to <4 | 173 | 16 | 86.2 | 49.3 | 140.0 |
| 4 to <5 | 166 | 10 | 63.0 | 30.2 | 115.8 |
| 5 to <6 | 144 | 5 | 35.0 | 11.4 | 81.8 |
AOM, acute otitis media; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; LL, lower limit; UL, upper limit.
Note: Of the 92 probable AOM episodes, age at the time of the episode was missing for 11 subjects that were excluded from this analysis.