Table 1 The predicted 20-year annual average number of clinical events in the Netherlands in the absence and presence of childhood influenza vaccination for children aged 2–16 years at 50% coverage. Events are shown for the entire population and for the targeted age group only
Outcome | Symptomatic cases | GP visits | Hospitalizations | Deaths | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (95% interval)a | Rateb | Mean (95% interval)a | Rateb | Mean (95% interval)a | Rateb | Mean (95% interval)a | Rateb | |
Within the general population | ||||||||
 CP | 317,703 (239,785–391,519) | 1781 | 71,552 (53,140–89,952) | 401 | 7703 (4960–10,391) | 43.1 | 3234 (2057–4475) | 18.1 |
 CP + 2–16 y | 260,437 (123,289–354,634) | 1460 | 58,200 (26,929–79,538) | 326 | 6415 (2749–9484) | 35.9 | 2916 (1208–4353) | 16.3 |
 Reduction | 57,266 (19,116–116,418) | 321 | 13,352 (5113–25,873) | 75 | 1288 (547–2306) | 7.2 | 318 (− 105 to 844) | 1.8 |
Within children aged 2–16 y | ||||||||
 CP | 86,779 (69,895–102,394) | 3018 | 20,546 (15,968–24,684) | 714 | 1480 (934–2018) | 51.5 | 1.6 (.8–2.5) | 0.054 |
 CP + 2–16 y | 55,257 (28,278–72,633) | 1921 | 12,918 (6428–17,287) | 449 | 865 (371–1284) | 30.1 | 1.1 (.4–1.9) | 0.038 |
 Reduction | 31,522 (21,676–43,348) | 1097 | 7628 (5550–10,111) | 265 | 615 (464–789) | 21.4 | 0.5 (− 0.2 to 1.1) | 0.016 |