Impact after the Change from Voluntary to Universal Oral Rotavirus Vaccination on Consecutive Emergency Department Visits for Acute Gastroenteritis among Children in Kobe City, Japan (2016–2022)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design, Patients, and Definition
2.2. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Patient Demographics
3.2. Monthly Changes in the Number of Patients with Gastroenteritis Stratified into <1 Year, 1 to <3 Years, 3 to <5 Years, and ≥5 Years
3.3. Annual Number of Patients with AGE during RV and NV Seasons and Their Vaccination History
3.4. Changes in the Number of Patients with AGE According to Birth Year
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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(A) | ||||||||
Year | Total Number of Visits | All Ages | <1 Year | Rotavirus Vaccination (+) | 1–<3 Years | Rotavirus Vaccination (+) | 3–<5 Years | Rotavirus Vaccination (+) |
Number of Patients | Number of Patients | Number of Patients | Number of Patients | |||||
2016 # | 20,490 | 1084 | 98 (9.0%) | 52 | 306 (28.2%) | 117 | 265 (24.4%) | 67 |
(53.1%) | (38.2%) | (25.3%) | ||||||
2017 | 28,674 | 1554 | 117 (7.5%) | 68 | 462 (29.7%) | 184 | 356 (22.9%) | 120 |
(58.1%) | (39.8%) | (33.7%) | ||||||
2018 | 27,643 | 1502 | 120 (8.0%) | 67 | 411 (27.4%) | 179 | 350 (23.3%) | 169 |
(55.8%) | (43.6%) | (48.3%) | ||||||
2019 | 27,066 | 1772 | 152 (8.6%) | 88 | 510 (28.8%) | 252 | 391 (22.1%) | 174 |
(57.9%) | (49.4%) | (44.5%) | ||||||
2020 | 13,274 | 346 | 42 (12.1%) | 20 | 65 (18.8%) | 44 | 56 | 18 |
(47.6%) | (67.7%) | (16.2%) | (32.1%) | |||||
2021 | 13,291 | 786 | 69 (8.8%) | 45 | 262 (33.3%) | 152 | 174 (22.1%) | 87 |
(65.2%) | (58.0%) | (50.0%) | ||||||
2022 $ | 6630 | 678 | 64 (9.4%) | 37 | 164 (24.2%) | 104 | 151 (22.3%) | 78 |
(57.8%) | (63.4%) | (51.7%) | ||||||
(B) | ||||||||
Year | All Ages | <1 Year | 1–<3 Years | 3–<5 years | ||||
Number of Patients | Number of Patients | Number of Patients | Number of Patients | |||||
2016–2017 | 2089 | 118 (5.6%) | 437 (20.9%) | 494 (23.6%) | ||||
2017–2018 | 1482 | 120 (8.1%) | 469 (31.6%) | 288 (19.4%) | ||||
2018–2019 | 1716 | 147 (8.6%) | 461 (26.9%) | 354 (20.6%) | ||||
2019–2020 | 1423 | 120 (8.4%) | 350 (24.6%) | 287 (20.2%) | ||||
2020–2021 | 380 | 31 (8.2%) | 89 (23.4%) | 75 (19.7%) | ||||
2021–2022 | 1358 | 87 (6.4%) | 434 (32.0%) | 317 (23.3%) |
Years | Annual Population < 16 |
---|---|
2016 | 207,458 |
2017 | 205,085 |
2018 | 204,599 |
2019 | 201,499 |
2020 | 198,494 |
2021 | 195,115 |
2022 | 191,674 |
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Yamaguchi, H.; Nozu, K.; Hanafusa, H.; Nambu, Y.; Kido, T.; Kondo, A.; Tamura, A.; Awano, H.; Morioka, I.; Nagase, H.; et al. Impact after the Change from Voluntary to Universal Oral Rotavirus Vaccination on Consecutive Emergency Department Visits for Acute Gastroenteritis among Children in Kobe City, Japan (2016–2022). Vaccines 2022, 10, 1831. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10111831
Yamaguchi H, Nozu K, Hanafusa H, Nambu Y, Kido T, Kondo A, Tamura A, Awano H, Morioka I, Nagase H, et al. Impact after the Change from Voluntary to Universal Oral Rotavirus Vaccination on Consecutive Emergency Department Visits for Acute Gastroenteritis among Children in Kobe City, Japan (2016–2022). Vaccines. 2022; 10(11):1831. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10111831
Chicago/Turabian StyleYamaguchi, Hiroshi, Kandai Nozu, Hiroaki Hanafusa, Yoshinori Nambu, Takumi Kido, Atsushi Kondo, Akihiro Tamura, Hiroyuki Awano, Ichiro Morioka, Hiroaki Nagase, and et al. 2022. "Impact after the Change from Voluntary to Universal Oral Rotavirus Vaccination on Consecutive Emergency Department Visits for Acute Gastroenteritis among Children in Kobe City, Japan (2016–2022)" Vaccines 10, no. 11: 1831. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10111831