Table 4 Incidence rates of recurrent AOM in the overall study population over the total study period by age group
From: Incidence of acute otitis media in children < 16 years old in Germany during 2014–2019
Overall (2014–2019) | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Trend test (p-value) a | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall (all age-groups) | ||||||||
N episodes | 49,011 | 10,739 | 9,782 | 9,034 | 7,722 | 6,828 | 5,818 | |
Rate per 1,000 CY (95% CI) | 13.59 (13.47–13.71) | 16.94 (16.62–17.26) | 15.52 (15.22–15.83) | 14.61 (14.31–14.92) | 12.64 (12.35–12.92) | 11.26 (10.99–11.53) | 9.70 (9.45–9.95) | 0.003 |
0–1 age group | ||||||||
N episodes | 13,202 | 2,898 | 2,633 | 2,343 | 2,028 | 1,761 | 1,628 | |
Rate per 1,000 CY (95% CI) | 30.39 (29.88–30.92) | 41.67 (40.17–43.22) | 36.72 (35.33–38.15) | 32.03 (30.75–33.36) | 27.39 (26.21–28.60) | 23.79 (22.69–24.92) | 22.20 (21.13–23.30) | 0.003 |
2–4 age group | ||||||||
N episodes | 25,842 | 5,613 | 5,136 | 4,779 | 4,110 | 3,675 | 3,132 | |
Rate per 1,000 CY (95% CI) | 38.24 (37.77–38.71) | 48.99 (47.71–50.29) | 44.62 (43.41–45.86) | 41.53 (40.36–42.73) | 35.36 (34.28–36.45) | 31.08 (30.08–32.10) | 26.45 (25.54–27.40) | 0.003 |
5–15 age group | ||||||||
N episodes | 9,967 | 2,228 | 2,013 | 1,912 | 1,584 | 1,392 | 1,058 | |
Rate per 1,000 CY (95% CI) | 3.99 (3.91–4.07) | 4.95 (4.75–5.16) | 4.54 (4.34–4.74) | 4.45 (4.25–4.65) | 3.76 (3.58–3.95) | 3.36 (3.19–3.54) | 2.59 (2.44–2.75) | 0.003 |