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. 2022 Oct 20;5(10):e2237522. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.37522

Table 3. Confirmed and Probable SARS-CoV-2 Cases and Attack Rate by Age Group in 63 SARS-CoV-2 Household Outbreaks.

Age group, y Participants in outbreak, No. Cases, No. (%) Attack rate, No. (%) [95% CI]
Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 positive Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 probable SARS-CoV-2 negativea Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 positive Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 positive or probable
Asymptomatic Symptomatic
<12 89 14 (15.7) 29 (32.6) 33 (37.0) 13 (14.6) 43 (48.3) [37.7-59.1] 76 (85.4) [76.0-91.7]
12-17 37 5 (13.5) 11 (29.7) 7 (18.9) 14 (37.8) 16 (43.2) [27.5-60.4] 23 (62.2) [44.8-77.1]
≥18 126 14 (11.1) 61 (48.4) 21 (16.7) 30 (23.8) 75 (59.5) [50.4-68.1] 96 (76.2) [67.6-83.1]
All 252 33 (13.1) 101 (40.1) 61 (24.2) 57 (22.6) 134 (53.2) [46.8-59.4] 195 (77.4) [71.6-82.3]
a

Includes participants who were asymptomatic and had negative results for SARS-CoV-2 infection in all samples tested during the outbreak.