Effect of 10-Valent Pneumococcal Vaccine on Pneumonia among Children, Brazil
Eliane Terezinha Afonso, Ruth Minamisava, Ana Luiza Bierrenbach, Juan Jose Cortez Escalante, Airlane Pereira Alencar, Carla Magda Domingues, Otaliba Libanio Morais-Neto, Cristiana Maria Toscano, and Ana Lucia Andrade
Author affiliations: Federal University of Goiás, Goiania, Goiás, Brazil (E.T. Afonso, R. Minamisava, A.L. Bierrenbach, O.L. Morais-Neto, C.M. Toscano, A.L. Andrade); Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás, Goiania (E.T. Afonso); Ministry of Health, Brasilia, Brazil (J.J.C. Escalante, C.M. Domingues); University of Brasília, Brasília (C.M. Domingues); University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (A.P. Alencar)
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Table 2
Annual percent change (trend) and percentage change in rates of hospitalization among children 2 months–2 years of age, Brazil, postvaccination period, January 2005–August 2011
City |
Hospitalizations for pneumonia
|
|
Hospitalizations for nonrespiratory causes
|
Difference in change |
p value |
% Change (95% CI) |
p value |
% Change (95% CI) |
p value |
Belo Horizonte |
−40.30 (−50.88 to −27.44) |
<0.001 |
|
−11.61 (−23.48 to 2.10) |
0.093 |
−28.69 |
0.002 |
Curitiba |
−37.59 (−49.63 to −22.68) |
<0.001 |
|
−14.27 (−23.94 to −3.38) |
0.012 |
−23.32 |
0.011 |
Recife |
−49.32 (−61.63 to −33.05) |
<0.001 |
|
−21.93 (−32.18 to −10.13) |
0.001 |
−27.39 |
0.007 |
São Paulo |
−13.38 (−26.02 to 1.42) |
0.074 |
|
−11.60 (−19.31 to −3.15) |
0.008 |
−1.78 |
0.827 |
Porto Alegre |
−23.51 (−41.60 to 0.18) |
0.052 |
|
−21.18 (−31.08 to −9.86) |
0.001 |
−2.33 |
0.845 |
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