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Volume 26, Number 6—June 2020
CME ACTIVITY - Research

Statin Use and Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in Persons ≥ 65 Years of Age, Taiwan

Lung-Wen Tsai1, Yung-Tai Chen1, Chia-Jen Shih, Shuo-Ming OuComments to Author , Pei-Wen Chao, and Shih-Hsiu LoComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (L.-W. Tsai, P.-W. Chao, S.-H. Lo); Taipei City Hospital, Taipei (Y.-T. Chen); University of Taipei, Taipei (Y.-T, Chen); National Yang-Ming University, Taipei (Y.-T. Chen, C.-J. Shih, S.-M. Ou); Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei (S.-M. Ou)

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Table 2

Incidence of hospitalization for pneumonia and influenza in persons >65 years of age during 2000–2012, Taiwan

Year No. events Person-years Incidence/1,000 person-years
2000 14,272 534,348 26.71
2001 17,342 596,594 29.07
2002 17,383 615,868 28.23
2003 19,298 610,215 31.62
2004 21,807 640,872 34.03
2005 19,909 662,198 30.07
2006 22,394 664,194 33.72
2007 24,148 699,617 34.52
2008 25,829 713,500 36.20
2009 28,226 730,645 38.63
2010 31,945 733,967 43.52
2011 33,428 746,025 44.81
2012 30,760 748,838 41.08

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1These authors contributed equally to this study.

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