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Volume 24, Number 11—November 2018
Dispatch

Hospitalizations for Influenza-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Infection, Beijing, China, 2014–2016

Yi Zhang, David J. Muscatello, Quanyi WangComments to Author , Peng Yang, Yang Pan, Da Huo, Zhongcheng Liu, Xiaojuan Zhao, Yaqing Tang, Chao Li, Abrar A. Chughtai, and C. Raina MacIntyre
Author affiliations: University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Y. Zhang, D.J. Muscatello, A.A. Chughtai, C.R. MacIntyre); Beijing Municipal Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China (Y. Zhang, Q. Wang, P. Yang, Y. Pan, D. Huo); Beijing Research Center for Preventive Medicine, Beijing (Y. Zhang, Q. Wang, P. Yang, Y. Pan, D. Huo); Chang Ping Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Changping District, Beijing (Z. Liu, Y. Tang); Huai Rou Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Huairou District, Beijing (X. Zhao, C. Li); Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, USA (C.R. MacIntyre)

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Table 1

Rates of influenza-associated severe acute respiratory infection hospitalizations, Beijing, China

Age group, y
 Cases/100,000 population (95% CI).
2014–15 influenza season
2015–16 influenza season
Influenza A
 Influenza B
 All influenza
 Influenza A
 Influenza B
 All influenza
<5 223 (176–278) 109 (77–149) 335 (277–401) 286 (233–348) 243 (194–301) 529 (456–611)
5–14 58 (41–80) 61 (43–84) 119 (94–150) 26 (15–42) 72 (53–97) 98 (75–126)
15–24 2 (1–5) 0 (0–3) 2 (1–6) 0 0 0
25–59 5 (3–8) 4 (3–7) 10 (7–13) 3 (2–6) 1 (0–3) 4 (3–7)
>60
 69 (52–88)
 38 (26–53)
 105 (85–129)
56 (41–74)
 10 (5–20)
 66 (50–86)
Overall 24 (21–28) 15 (13–18) 39 (35–44) 21 (18–24) 16 (14–19) 37 (33–41)

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