Volume 19, Number 4—April 2013
Research
Effect of 10-Valent Pneumococcal Vaccine on Pneumonia among Children, Brazil
Eliane Terezinha Afonso, Ruth Minamisava, Ana Luiza Bierrenbach, Juan Jose Cortez Escalante, Airlane Pereira Alencar, Carla Magda Domingues, Otaliba Libanio Morais-Neto, Cristiana Maria Toscano, and Ana Lucia Andrade
Table 1
Rates of hospitalization for pneumonia among children 2 months–2 years of age, Brazil, prevaccination period, 2005–2009*
| City | No. cases, annual mean (± SD) | Rates, annual mean (± SD) | % Hospitalizations for pneumonia/hospitalizations for all respiratory causes | % Hospitalizations for pneumonia/hospitalizations for all causes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belo Horizonte | 939 (133) | 1.643 (217) | 53.4 | 34.8 |
| Curitiba | 359 (49) | 790 (114) | 72.2 | 27.9 |
| Recife | 538 (41) | 1.304 (107) | 47 | 23.4 |
| São Paulo | 3999 (312) | 1.247 (103) | 61.4 | 36.1 |
| Porto Alegre | 292 (38) | 863 (112) | 25.8 | 15 |
*Pneumonia identified by International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, codes: J12–J18.
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