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. 2022 Nov 10;11(4):341–353. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(22)00414-3

Table 3.

Incidence and incidence rates after imputation for missing RSV test results and missing medical attendance status of RSV-associated hospitalised ARIs, medically attended ARIs, and ARIs by age group, according to season, recruitment site, cohort, and season of birth

RSV-associated hospitalised ARI
Medically attended RSV-associated ARI
RSV-associated ARI
<3 months 3 to <6 months 6 to <12 months <12 months <3 months 3 to <6 months 6 to <12 months <12 months <3 months 3 to <6 months 6 to <12 months <12 months
RSV incidence proportion
Overall 0·97% (0·82–1·16) 0·49% (0·38–0·63) 0·39% (0·29–0·52) 1·80% (1·58–2·05) 3·39% (2·56–4·49) 4·55% (3·55–5·80) 6·32% (5·13–7·77) 14·07% (12·31–16·03) 5·05% (4·01–6·33) 9·29% (7·84–10·97) 12·61% (10·93–14·51) 26·22% (23·95–28·63)
Site
Scotland 1·15% (0·83–1·60) 0·47% (0·28–0·79) 0·73% (0·48–1·10) 2·31% (1·83–2·92) 1·48% (0·59–3·64) 5·72% (3·55–9·11) 6·75% (4·30–10·45) 13·74% (10·17–18·31) 3·50% (1·91–6·33) 12·69% (9·17–17·3) 13·60% (9·88–18·43) 29·21% (24·05–34·97)
England 1·03% (0·71–1·51) 0·71% (0·44–1·14) 0·43% (0·23–0·81) 1·97% (1·50–2·57) 2·58% (1·26–5·20) 5·05% (2·97–8·46) 3·03 % (1·48–6·09) 10·4% (7·18–14·84) 3·99% (2·21–7·11) 9·95% (6·89–14·15) 7·61% (4·93–11·55) 20·51% (15·96–25·94)
Spain 1·20% (0·77–1·88) 1·00% (0·60–1·65) 0·28% (0·11–0·69) 2·48% (1·81–3·40) 6·00% (3·77–9·43) 6·65% (4·27–10·21) 5·35% (3·22–8·76) 17·71% (13·65–22·65) 7·71% (5·10–11·49) 11·15% (7·98–15·37) 11·80% (8·50–16·16) 29·56% (24·49–35·19)
Finland 0·62% (0·4–0·97) 0·24% (0·12–0·49) 0·19% (0·08–0·44) 1·05% (0·74–1·49) 1·00% (0·33–2·98) 1·01% (0·33–2·99) 4·95% (2·95–8·19) 6·90% (4·48–10·49) 1·00% (0·33–2·98) 2·51% (1·23–5·07) 7·07% (4·62–10·68) 10·50% (7·45–14·61)
Netherlands 0·97% (0·65–1·43) 0·26% (0·12–0·57) 0·25% (0·11–0·56) 1·47% (1·07–2·03) 6·04% (3·73–9·63) 4·28% (2·43–7·43) 11·66% (8·32–16·10) 21·98% (17·38–27·39) 9·25% (6·30–13·38) 10·16% (7·08–14·38) 23·32% (18·6–28·81) 42·19% (36·35–48·26)
RSV incidence rate per 1000 infant-months
Overall 3·26 (2·63–4·04) 1·67 (1·23–2·27) 0·65 (0·45–0·92) 1·56 (1·33–1·82) 11·69 (8·34–16·38) 15·21 (11·28–20·52) 10·77 (8·36–13·88) 12·11 (10·24–14·34) 17·55 (13·34–23·1) 31·69 (25·76–38·98) 22·81 (19·16–27·17) 23·70 (21·02–26·73)
Site
Scotland 3·88 (2·60–5·80) 1·55 (0·82–2·92) 1·21 (0·73–2·00) 1·96 (1·48–2·61) 4·95 (1·60–15·35) 19·10 (10·63–34·32) 11·47 (6·62–19·87) 11·75 (8·06–17·12) 11·70 (5·58–24·56) 44·82 (30·18–66·56) 24·77 (16·78–36·56) 26·52 (20·54–34·25)
England 3·46 (2·20–5·45) 2·56 (1·47–4·47) 0·72 (0·34–1·51) 1·87 (1·38–2·55) 8·61 (3·58–20·71) 17·00 (8·89–32·54) 5·04 (2·09–12·10) 8·98 (5·69–14·18) 13·31 (6·44–27·51) 34·07 (21·68–53·55) 12·99 (7·63–22·1) 18·39 (13·4–25·23)
Spain 4·01 (2·33–6·90) 3·34 (1·81–6·14) 0·46 (0·15–1·44) 2·07 (1·41–3·03) 20·11 (11·37–35·55) 22·22 (12·92–38·24) 8·93 (4·80–16·61) 15·09 (10·82–21·06) 27·46 (16·81–44·88) 37·28 (24·56–56·59) 20·58 (13·77–30·75) 26·49 (20·63–34·03)
Finland 2·07 (1·20–3·56) 0·80 (0·33–1·92) 0·31 (0·1–0·9) 0·87 (0·57–1·33) 3·34 (0·84–13·35) 3·35 (0·84–13·41) 8·24 (4·37–15·52) 5·79 (3·40–9·85) 3·34 (0·84–13·35) 8·38 (3·49–20·14) 11·78 (6·98–19·89) 8·81 (5·74–13·51)
Netherlands 3·23 (2·02–5·18) 0·86 (0·33–2·27) 0·40 (0·14–1·15) 1·23 (0·83–1·81) 21·93 (12·46–38·57) 14·27 (7·14–28·54) 20·28 (13·43–30·64) 19·20 (14·21–25·93) 32·63 (20·57–51·77) 33·90 (21·62–53·15) 44·48 (33·62–58·85) 38·89 (31·49–48·02)
Season
2017–18 3·90 (2·51–6·08) 2·49 (1·21–5·09) 0* 2·71 (1·85–3·98) 15·01 (7·81–28·86) 11·98 (4·49–31·94) 0* 12·05 (7·00–20·75) 20·75 (11·75–36·67) 18·08 (8·03–40·72) 0* 17·15 (10·79–27·26)
2018–19 3·17 (2·30–4·38) 1·41 (0·83–2·41) 0·90 (0·50–1·62) 1·76 (1·38–2·25) 8·36 (4·75–14·71) 9·79 (5·50–17·46) 10·37 (6·64–16·19) 9·60 (7·12–12·95) 12·10 (7·56–19·38) 20·32 (13·60–30·37) 21·30 (15·62–29·05) 18·19 (14·67–22·55)
2019–20 3·03 (2·10–4·36) 1·79 (1·17–2·76) 0·74 (0·47–1·15) 1·45 (1·14–1·83) 14·90 (8·66–25·64) 21·24 (14·44–31·24) 12·65 (9·26–17·29) 15·06 (12·04–18·83) 24·32 (15·89–37·22) 46·16 (35·79–59·54) 27·20 (21·99–33·66) 31·25 (26·81–36·42)
Cohort
Cohort A 2·92 (1·48–5·77) 2·45 (1·13–5·29) 0·72 (0·27–1·91) 1·71 (1·08–2·69) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Cohort P without cohort A 3·30 (2·63–4·14) 1·57 (1·13–2·19) 0·64 (0·44–0·93) 1·54 (1·30–1·82) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Sex
Female 3·16 (2·31–4·32) 1·44 (0·90–2·30) 0·55 (0·32–0·93) 1·42 (1·13–1·80) 10·68 (6·45–17·71) 11·37 (6·94–18·63) 11·49 (8·07–16·37) 11·26 (8·77–14·46) 17·39 (11·66–25·92) 28·39 (20·73–38·89) 23·99 (18·8–30·61) 23·43 (19·71–27·84)
Male 3·38 (2·53–4·51) 1·89 (1·24–2·88) 0·74 (0·47–1·17) 1·69 (1·37–2·08) 12·65 (8·05–19·86) 18·82 (12·87–27·52) 10·09 (7·04–14·48) 12·92 (10·31–16·19) 17·73 (12·08–26·03) 34·16 (25·81–45·21) 21·72 (16·98–27·78) 23·82 (20·16–28·14)
Season of birth
Spring 0·47 (0·15–1·45) 0·77 (0·31–1·95) 1·02 (0·56–1·83) 0·82 (0·51–1·31) 0* 6·15 (2·45–15·40) 18·52 (12·77–26·86) 10·72 (7·60–15·12) 0* 16·71 (9·70–28·77) 42·87 (33·49–54·87) 25·43 (20·31–31·83)
Summer 1·55 (0·86–2·80) 4·24 (2·92–6·15) 0·29 (0·10–0·82) 1·60 (1·18–2·16) 8·17 (3·90–17·14) 36·82 (25·64–52·88) 2·03 (0·65–6·30) 12·32 (9·01–16·83) 14·99 (8·66–25·95) 78·13 (61·17–99·79) 4·92 (2·39–10·15) 25·81 (20·85–31·95)
Autumn 8·53 (6·60–11·04) 1·35 (0·70–2·61) 0·17 (0·04–0·65) 2·57 (2·03–3·25) 31·56 (20·95–47·55) 11·37 (5·69–22·73) 1·48 (0·37–5·91) 11·55 (8·19–16·27) 46·95 (33·56–65·67) 17·83 (9·98–31·88) 4·22 (1·90–9·40) 18·41 (13·99–24·23)
Winter 2·03 (1·18–3·48) 0·15 (0·02–1·05) 1·17 (0·7–1·95) 1·13 (0·78–1·62) 7·23 (2·71–19·29) 0* 25·22 (17·40–36·55) 14·41 (10·17–20·41) 7·23 (2·71–19·29) 0* 46·33 (35·24–60·90) 24·97 (19·17–32·51)
Birthweight
<2500 g 5·78 (1·86–17·91) 0* 0* 1·49 (0·48–4·63) 0* 38·45 (11·15–132·56) 6·94 (0·98–49·29) 13·42 (4·87–36·98) 0* 72·07 (30·01–173·09) 7·44 (1·05–52·97) 22·04 (9·96–48·75)
≥2500 g 3·18 (2·55–3·96) 1·69 (1·25–2·30) 0·66 (0·47–0·95) 1·55 (1·32–1·82) 12·04 (8·59–16·88) 14·72 (10·77–20·12) 10·94 (8·47–14·13) 12·16 (10·25–14·43) 18·10 (13·75–23·82) 30·54 (24·63–37·87) 23·17 (19·43–27·62) 23·73 (21·01–26·81)

Data are % (95% CI) or incidence rate (95% CI). ARI=acute respiratory infection. A=active surveillance. P=passive surveillance. RSV=respiratory syncytial virus.

*

Incidence rate estimated as 0, 95% CI not determined because of 0 cases.

Season of birth was defined as: spring from March 21 to June 20, summer from June 21 to Sept 20, autumn from Sept 21 to Dec 20, and winter from Dec 21 to March 20.