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Incidence of community-acquired pneumonia in urban China: A national population-based study
- Source :
- Vaccine. 38:8362-8370
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2020.
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is one of the major global health problems worldwide. However, the epidemiological information of CAP is limited in China. This study aimed to estimate the incidence rate of CAP and describe the epidemiologic characteristics among the Chinese population. METHODS We conducted a retrospective analysis of CAP incidence using the Chinese Urban Basic Medical Insurance database of 23 provinces in 2016, which covered 427.52 million urban beneficiaries of all age groups in Mainland China. CAP episodes were identified using a diagnosis-term-derived algorithm, and multiple CAP records of one single person within 90 continuous days were considered as one single episode. The incidence rates were calculated and described by sex, age, region, and season. RESULTS A total of 1.42 million patients were identified as having one or more CAP episodes, and finally a sum of 1.48 million CAP episodes were counted. The overall incidence of CAP was 7.13 (95% CI: 6.11-8.15) per 1000 person-years, in males 7.32 (95% CI: 6.28-8.35) and females 6.93 (95% CI: 5.92-7.94) per 1000 person-years, respectively. The incidence varied by age with a U-shaped curve peaking in children aged
- Subjects :
- Male
Mainland China
China
medicine.medical_specialty
030231 tropical medicine
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Community-acquired pneumonia
Epidemiology
Global health
Humans
Medicine
Single person
030212 general & internal medicine
Child
Aged
Retrospective Studies
Aged, 80 and over
General Veterinary
General Immunology and Microbiology
business.industry
Incidence
Incidence (epidemiology)
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Pneumonia
medicine.disease
Community-Acquired Infections
Population based study
Infectious Diseases
Child, Preschool
Molecular Medicine
Female
business
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0264410X
- Volume :
- 38
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Vaccine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f5954c694902ade47c148cec61851ec2