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Volume 27, Number 10—October 2021
Research

Burden of Influenza-Associated Respiratory Hospitalizations, Vietnam, 2014–2016

Nguyen Cong Khanh1Comments to Author , Ashley L. Fowlkes1Comments to Author , Ngu Duy Nghia, Tran Nhu Duong, Ngo Huy Tu, Tran Anh Tu, Jeffrey W. McFarland, Thoa Thi Minh Nguyen, Nga Thu Ha, Philip L. Gould, Pham Ngoc Thanh, Nguyen Thi Huyen Trang, Vien Quang Mai, Phuc Nguyen Thi, Satoko Otsu, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, Dang Duc Anh, and A. Danielle Iuliano
Author affiliations: National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam (K.C. Nguyen, N.D. Ngu, D.N. Tran, T.H. Ngo, T.A. Tran, A.D. Dang); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (A.L. Fowlkes, J.W. McFarland, E. Azziz-Baumgartner, A.D. Iuliano); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hanoi, Vietnam (T.T.M. Nguyen, N.T. Ha, P.L. Gould); Tay Nguyen Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Buon Ma Thuot, Vietnam (T.N. Pham); Pasteur Institute Ho Chi Minh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (T.T.H. Nguyen); Pasteur Institute Nha Trang, Nha Trang, Vietnam (M.Q. Vien); World Health Organization Vietnam Country Office, Hanoi (N.T. Phuc, S. Otsu)

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Table 1

Percentages of ARI hospitalizations that met SARI case criteria from medical chart review, by age group, qualifying admission code, and province, Vietnam, 2014–2016*

Category No. (%) hospitalization
All ARI hospitalizations† Medical record reviewed Met SARI criteria‡
Overall
220,217 (100)
3,626 (100)
2,205 (60.8)
Age group, y§
<5 132,076 (61.0) 1,934 (53.4) 1,443 (74.6)
5–49 32,112 (14.8) 716 (19.8) 421 (58.8)
50–64 16,030 (7.4) 324 (8.9) 123 (38.0)
>65
36,329 (16.8)
647 (17.9)
217 (33.5)
Diagnosis, ICD-10 code
Acute upper respiratory infections, J06 37,957 (17.2) 459 (12.7) 325 (70.8)
Influenza 4,278 (1.9) 82 (2.3) 30 (36.6)
Influenza caused by other identified influenza virus, J10 963 (0.4) 36 (1.0) 9 (25.0)
Influenza caused by unidentified influenza virus, J11 3,315 (1.5) 46 (1.3) 21 (45.7)
Pneumonia 117,890 (53.5) 1,946 (53.7) 271 (13.9)
Viral pneumonia, not elsewhere classified, J12 470 (0.2) 10 (0.3) 7 (70.0)
Pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, J13 82 (0) 9 (0.2) 7 (77.8)
Pneumonia caused by Hemophilus influenzae, J14 51 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Bacterial pneumonia, not elsewhere classified, J15 22,252 (10.1) 399 (11.0) 257 (64.4)
Pneumonia caused by other infectious organisms, J16 10,629 (4.8) 40 (1.1) 28 (70.0)
Pneumonia in diseases classified elsewhere, J17 65 (0) 3 (0.1) 3 (100.0)
Pneumonia, unspecified organism, J18 84,341 (38.3) 1,485 (41.0) 970 (65.3)
Other acute lower respiratory infections¶ 60,092 (27.3) 1139 (31.4) 578 (50.7)
Acute bronchitis, J20 55,492 (25.2) 1,096 (30.2) 547 (49.9)
Acute bronchiolitis, J21 4,563 (2.1) 43 (1.2) 31 (72.1)
Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection, J22
37 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
Province
Dak Lak, 15 hospitals 60,805 (27.6) 853 (23.5) 567 (66.5)
Dong Thap, 12 hospitals 67,746 (30.8) 828 (22.8) 495 (59.8)
Khanh Hoa, 10 hospitals 56,187 (25.5) 854 (23.6) 522 (61.1)
Quang Ninh, 14 hospitals 35,479 (16.1) 1,091 (30.1) 612 (56.1)

*ARI, acute respiratory infection; ICD-10, International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision; SARI, severe acute respiratory infection. †Percentages show the overall proportion of patients in the listed category (column percentage). ‡Percentages show the proportion of patients with illness meeting SARI criteria (row percentage), defined as temperature of >38°C or history of fever, cough of duration <10 d, and illness requiring hospitalization; all proportions varied substantially within categories. §Age data were missing for 3,670 ARI and 5 patients with medical record review. ¶Admission ICD codes J14 and J22 were not identified among reviewed patient records; J09 was not identified among any patients.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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