Table 5 Incidence rates of AOM-related complications occurring within 21 days of the start of an AOM episode
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 | 10,385 | 1,712 | 1,781 | 1,887 | 1,763 | 1,711 | 1,772 | |
Rate per 1,000 CY (95% CI) | 43.86 (43.02–44.71) | 37.83 (36.06–39.66) | 40.71 (38.84–42.64) | 44.37 (42.39–46.42) | 45.89 (43.78–48.09) | 46.17 (44.01–48.42) | 50.49 (48.17–52.90) | 0.003 |
0–1 age group | ||||||||
N episodes | 2,213 | 375 | 334 | 358 | 367 | 368 | 422 | |
Rate per 1,000 CY (95% CI) | 45.81 (43.92–47.76) | 41.50 (37.40–45.92) | 38.79 (34.74–43.19) | 41.79 (37.57–46.35) | 46.55 (41.91–51.57) | 49.43 (44.51–54.75) | 60.08 (54.49–66.10) | 0.017 |
2–4 age group | ||||||||
N episodes | 4,245 | 691 | 708 | 786 | 754 | 686 | 741 | |
Rate per 1,000 CY (95% CI) | 44.00 (42.69–45.34) | 37.85 (35.08–40.78) | 40.72 (37.78–43.84) | 46.11 (42.95–49.45) | 47.55 (44.21–51.06) | 44.86 (41.57–48.35) | 48.95 (45.49–52.61) | 0.056 |
5–15 age group | ||||||||
N episodes | 3,927 | 646 | 739 | 743 | 642 | 657 | 609 | |
Rate per 1,000 CY (95% CI) | 42.69 (41.37–44.05) | 35.97 (33.24–38.85) | 41.62 (38.67–44.73) | 43.92 (40.82–47.20) | 43.75 (40.43–47.27) | 45.88 (42.44–49.53) | 47.08 (43.42–50.97) | 0.017 |