Table 3

annual incidence rates of acute infections, in the Yearly Contact Group, per 1000 children, from 1998–2002. (* serious infections)


0 – 4 years
5 – 9 year
10 – 14 years
Total

A03 fever
34.9
8.2
2.8
14.0
A71 measles
0.68
0.19
0.13
0.28
A72 chicken pocks
59.7
13.1
1.3
22.4
A74 rubella
0.30
0.63
0.11
0.33
A75 mononucleosis infectiosa
0.68
1.65
2.29
1.60
A76 other viral infection with exanthema
4.5
1.3
0.4
1.9
A77 other viral infection
21.2
11.6
9.7
13.7
A78 other infection nos
8.6
5.1
1.9
4.9
D70 gastro-intestinal infection
10.6
3.1
2.6
5.1
D71 mumps
0.6
0.3
0.5
0.5
D73 supposed infectious gastro-enteritis
130.9
92.1
84.2
100.5
H71 otitis media acuta
226.4
108.8
39.0
117.7
L70 infection of the limbs*
0.45
0.38
0.42
0.42
N71 meningitis/encephalitis + sepsis*
1.4
1.1
0.06
0.7
R71 whooping-cough
0.23
0.00
0.00
0.07
R72 streptococcal angina
0.38
0.44
0.36
0.39
R74 acute infection of the upper respiratory tract
666.5
339.4
292.9
417.8
R75 acute/chronic sinusitis
8.3
18.3
23.1
17.2
R76 acute tonsillitis
87.4
81.7
47.0
70.7
R77 acute laryngitis/tracheitis
84.5
49.7
35.3
54.6
R78 acute bronchitis///bronchiolitis
201.0
89.0
48.5
106.9
R80 influenza (ex pneumonia)
123.7
113.1
118.5
118.1
R81 pneumonia *
18.1
9.9
4.3
10.2
R83 other infection of the respiratory tract
26.7
13.1
10.2
16.0
U70 pyelonephritis/pyelitis *
1.3
0.6
0.4
0.7
U71 acute cystitis
12.8
10.3
6.7
9.7

Van den Bruel et al. BMC Family Practice 2006 7:23   doi:10.1186/1471-2296-7-23