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Volume 30, Number 9—September 2024
Research

Effects of Rotavirus Vaccination Coverage among Infants on Hospital Admission for Gastroenteritis across All Age Groups, Japan, 2011–2019

Kenji Kishimoto, Susumu Kunisawa, Kiyohide Fushimi, and Yuichi ImanakaComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan (K. Kishimoto, S. Kunisawa, Y. Imanaka); Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (K. Fushimi); Centre for Health Security, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto (Y. Imanaka)

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Table 2

Generalized estimating equations analyses to estimate the impact of rotavirus vaccination coverage on monthly number of gastroenteritis hospitalizations across all age groups, Japan, 2011–2019*

Vaccination coverage, % IRR (95% CI)
Overall, N = 294,108
Age-ineligible for vaccination, n = 247,156
Immunocompromised, n = 38,058
Crude Adjusted† Crude Adjusted† Crude Adjusted†
<40
Referent


Referent


Referent

40–49
0.96 (0.95–0.97)
0.94 (0.93–0.95)

0.97 (0.96–0.98)
0.95 (0.94–0.97)

1.01 (0.97–1.04)
0.99 (0.95–1.03)
50–59
0.97 (0.96–0.98)
0.94 (0.93–0.96)

1.01 (0.99–1.02)
0.98 (0.96–1.00)

1.04 (1.01–1.08)
1.03 (0.98–1.07)
60–69
0.98 (0.97–0.99)
0.94 (0.92–0.96)

1.02 (1.00–1.03)
0.99 (0.96–1.01)

1.03 (1.00–1.07)
1.01 (0.95–1.07)
70–79
0.97 (0.96–0.98)
0.91 (0.89–0.94)

1.00 (0.99–1.01)
0.96 (0.93–0.99)

1.05 (1.02–1.09)
1.02 (0.95–1.09)
≥80 0.94 (0.92–0.95) 0.87 (0.83–0.90) 0.95 (0.93–0.96) 0.90 (0.87–0.94) 1.06 (1.02–1.11) 1.02 (0.93–1.12)

*IRR, incidence rate ratio. †Adjusted for age group, year, and month.

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