Scope
What is the incidence of lower respiratory tract infections in the general population?
Definition
Rate (age, sex ratio)
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Context (population size studied, location, date data taken, end-point measured)
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Definition of end-point
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Reference
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Number of children <2yrs hospitalised for lower respiratory tract infections = 1232
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32 centres throughout Italy, Nov 1999 – April 2000, all children <2yrs hospitalised for lower respiratory tract infections
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[1]
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Estimate of incidence and number of new cases per year of clinical pneumonia in children aged less than 5 years: European (WHO Region): 0.06: estimated incidence of episodes per child-year 3.03 million: estimated new number of cases per year
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Worldwide, European (WHO Region) population aged 0-4yrs = 51.96 million, clinical pneumonia
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[2]
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Country
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Years
|
In-patients per 1000 populations
|
Day-cases per 1000 population
|
Number of day-cases
|
Age-standardised admission rate per 1000 population
|
Austria
|
2007
|
4.0785
|
0.0741
|
616
|
3.3029
|
Belgium
|
2007
|
3.4496
|
0.0702
|
746
|
2.972
|
Croatia
|
2006
|
2.1971
|
0.0205
|
91
|
2.1031
|
Cyprus
|
2007
|
1.0684
|
0.028
|
22
|
1.1564
|
Czech Republic
|
2007
|
2.2293
|
0.0031
|
32
|
2.2365
|
Denmark
|
2006
|
4.9665
|
0.5198
|
2825
|
4.0119
|
Finland
|
2007
|
5.846
|
0.128
|
677
|
4.3916
|
France
|
2007
|
2.15
|
0.1289
|
7908
|
1.7488
|
Germany
|
2007
|
3.1326
|
0.0321
|
2647
|
2.7558
|
Hungary
|
2007
|
3.351
|
0
|
0
|
3.2974
|
Iceland
|
2006
|
2.2015
|
0
|
0
|
1.9853
|
Ireland
|
2007
|
2.0678
|
0.0363
|
154
|
2.031
|
Israel
|
2007
|
3.4736
|
0.033
|
233
|
3.3885
|
Italy
|
2006
|
2.1598
|
0.0953
|
5618
|
1.8139
|
Latvia
|
2008
|
4.2669
|
0.036
|
82
|
4.6417
|
Lithuania
|
2008
|
6.1598
|
0.0187
|
63
|
6.53
|
Luxembourg
|
2007
|
2.1271
|
0.0688
|
33
|
0.0019
|
Netherlands
|
2005
|
1.7562
|
0.0512
|
835
|
1.5489
|
Norway
|
2007
|
5.3276
|
0.1523
|
710
|
4.0567
|
Poland
|
2007
|
4.0809
|
0.0733
|
2795
|
4.6676
|
Portugal
|
2005
|
3.4067
|
0.037
|
389
|
2.8592
|
Slovakia
|
2007
|
2.8934
|
0
|
0
|
3.4872
|
Slovenia
|
2007
|
3.2609
|
0.0817
|
165
|
2.9966
|
Spain
|
2005
|
2.2642
|
0.0137
|
595
|
1.8613
|
Switzerland
|
2007
|
2.0981
|
0.0154
|
116
|
1.6456
|
United Kingdom
|
2007
|
2.3834
|
0.1889
|
11518
|
1.7536
|
|
European region, all ages
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ISHMT 1002 - pneumonia
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[3]
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Country
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Years
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In-patients per 1000 populations
|
Day-cases per 1000 population
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Number of day-cases
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Age-standardised admission rate per 1000 population
|
Austria
|
2007
|
1.0887
|
0.0581
|
483
|
1.3213
|
Belgium
|
2007
|
1.6081
|
0.036
|
383
|
1.8897
|
Croatia
|
2006
|
0.4477
|
0.0018
|
8
|
0.6821
|
Cyprus
|
2007
|
0.7297
|
0.0407
|
32
|
1.012
|
Czech Republic
|
2007
|
1.0852
|
0.0021
|
22
|
1.4024
|
Denmark
|
2006
|
0.8398
|
0.2992
|
1626
|
0.9169
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Finland
|
2007
|
1.6117
|
0.0724
|
383
|
1.6552
|
France
|
2007
|
0.9908
|
0.0797
|
4890
|
1.0265
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Germany
|
2007
|
1.1077
|
0.0123
|
1018
|
1.3582
|
Hungary
|
2007
|
2.0855
|
0.0001
|
1
|
3.0155
|
Iceland
|
2006
|
0.276
|
0
|
0
|
0.278
|
Ireland
|
2007
|
2.9308
|
0.0406
|
172
|
2.9716
|
Israel
|
2007
|
1.1486
|
0.017
|
120
|
1.049
|
Italy
|
2006
|
0.641
|
0.0549
|
3235
|
0.8642
|
Latvia
|
2008
|
2.8448
|
0.0308
|
70
|
4.164
|
Lithuania
|
2008
|
2.4316
|
0.0166
|
56
|
3.7159
|
Luxembourg
|
2007
|
1.1479
|
0.0583
|
28
|
0.0012
|
Netherlands
|
2005
|
0.3172
|
0.0127
|
207
|
0.3645
|
Norway
|
2007
|
1.4567
|
0.0798
|
372
|
1.3952
|
Poland
|
2007
|
0.8377
|
0.0638
|
2433
|
1.1461
|
Portugal
|
2005
|
1.0677
|
0.0067
|
70
|
1.2031
|
Slovakia
|
2007
|
1.5433
|
0
|
0
|
2.2735
|
Slovenia
|
2007
|
1.7129
|
0.0218
|
44
|
2.3181
|
Spain
|
2005
|
0.9447
|
0.0158
|
687
|
1.0424
|
Switzerland
|
2007
|
0.6787
|
0.0146
|
110
|
0.8806
|
United Kingdom
|
2007
|
1.926
|
0.5112
|
31170
|
1.6931
|
|
European region, all ages
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ISHMT 1003 - Other acute lower respiratory infections
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[3]
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Country
|
Year
|
Age-standardised death rate per 100 000
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CDR per 100 000
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No. of deaths
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% of all deaths
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Population
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Albania
|
2001
|
17.262
|
13.065
|
401
|
2.6481
|
3069275
|
Armenia
|
2006
|
27.9088
|
21.3617
|
690
|
2.5366
|
3230086
|
Austria
|
2007
|
8.7223
|
16.1388
|
1342
|
1.7983
|
8315379
|
Azerbaijan
|
2007
|
21.6409
|
13.1216
|
1126
|
2.2324
|
8581300
|
Belarus
|
2003
|
8.7258
|
8.7707
|
866
|
0.6047
|
9873826
|
Belgium
|
1999
|
24.6791
|
40.2683
|
4118
|
3.9365
|
10226418
|
Bulgaria
|
2002
|
17.3544
|
19.6343
|
1545
|
1.3719
|
7868900
|
Croatia
|
2006
|
18.854
|
26.644
|
1183
|
2.3482
|
4440022
|
Cyprus
|
2006
|
10.076
|
12.323
|
95
|
1.8529
|
770919
|
Czech Republic
|
2007
|
20.3729
|
27.3185
|
2820
|
2.6951
|
10322689
|
Denmark
|
2006
|
18.286
|
32.0173
|
1740
|
3.1511
|
5434567
|
Estonia
|
2005
|
11.1812
|
13.4463
|
181
|
1.0453
|
1346098
|
Finland
|
2007
|
7.0879
|
11.8743
|
628
|
1.2792
|
5288720
|
France
|
2006
|
8.3661
|
15.7353
|
9654
|
1.8711
|
61352572
|
Georgia
|
2001
|
10.7296
|
9.6116
|
437
|
1.1109
|
4546600
|
Germany
|
2006
|
13.2682
|
24.7287
|
20368
|
2.479
|
82365810
|
Greece
|
2001
|
4.735
|
6.3379
|
694
|
0.6767
|
10949953
|
Hungary
|
2005
|
6.5734
|
8.5952
|
867
|
0.6388
|
10087065
|
Iceland
|
2007
|
9.6036
|
13.4876
|
42
|
2.1616
|
311396
|
Ireland
|
2007
|
26.6749
|
30.6981
|
1332
|
4.7487
|
4339026
|
Israel
|
2005
|
11.8042
|
12.0921
|
838
|
2.1544
|
6930127
|
Italy
|
2006
|
5.466
|
11.4503
|
6749
|
1.2082
|
58941498
|
Kazakhstan
|
2007
|
23.8798
|
20.9891
|
3250
|
2.0531
|
15484192
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
2006
|
23.5049
|
20.2935
|
1048
|
2.7173
|
5164206
|
Latvia
|
2007
|
15.2536
|
17.7057
|
403
|
1.2191
|
2276100
|
Lithuania
|
2007
|
19.607
|
22.9884
|
776
|
1.7009
|
3375618
|
Luxembourg
|
2005
|
13.9877
|
18.8081
|
86
|
2.3915
|
457250
|
Malta
|
2007
|
11.3444
|
15.1555
|
62
|
1.9929
|
409092
|
Netherlands
|
2007
|
20.0946
|
31.6939
|
5192
|
3.9031
|
16381696
|
Norway
|
2006
|
19.0847
|
38.0846
|
1775
|
4.3039
|
4660677
|
Poland
|
2006
|
19.5909
|
23.0015
|
8771
|
2.3726
|
38132277
|
Portugal
|
2003
|
23.8107
|
36.3161
|
3804
|
3.4852
|
10474685
|
Republic of Moldova
|
2007
|
27.9971
|
25.9162
|
927
|
2.1533
|
3576910
|
Romania
|
2007
|
24.5043
|
25.3603
|
5462
|
2.1678
|
21537563
|
Russian Federation
|
2006
|
25.7568
|
27.3498
|
38970
|
1.7986
|
142487260
|
San Marino
|
2000
|
19.4753
|
29.8051
|
8
|
4.2553
|
26841
|
Serbia
|
2007
|
6.0179
|
8.1961
|
605
|
0.5885
|
7381579
|
Slovakia
|
2005
|
32.4595
|
33.5858
|
1810
|
3.3848
|
5389180
|
Slovenia
|
2007
|
17.9934
|
26.0968
|
527
|
2.8358
|
2019406
|
Spain
|
2005
|
12.1228
|
21.4525
|
9310
|
2.4035
|
43398190
|
Sweden
|
2006
|
10.1289
|
23.1044
|
2098
|
2.2986
|
9080504
|
Switzerland
|
2006
|
9.5241
|
18.2658
|
1367
|
2.2676
|
7483935
|
TFYR Macedonia
|
2000
|
6.935
|
5.5764
|
113
|
0.655
|
2026400
|
Ukraine
|
2005
|
13.1347
|
13.5003
|
6335
|
0.8101
|
46924816
|
United Kingdom
|
2007
|
27.5298
|
51.6569
|
31498
|
5.4809
|
60975355
|
Uzbekistan
|
2005
|
22.2251
|
19.8647
|
5198
|
3.6974
|
26167020
|
|
European region, deaths from pneumonia, all ages
|
Mortality tabulation list 1 of the ICD-10 – 1074 (pneumonia)
|
[4]
|
Country
|
Year
|
Age-standardised death rate per 100 000
|
CDR per 100 000
|
No. of deaths
|
% of all deaths
|
Population
|
Armenia
|
2006
|
0.0298
|
0.031
|
1
|
0.0037
|
3230086
|
Austria
|
2007
|
0.154
|
0.2525
|
21
|
0.0281
|
8315379
|
Azerbaijan
|
2007
|
0.1531
|
0.1165
|
10
|
0.0198
|
8581300
|
Belarus
|
2003
|
0.1716
|
0.1114
|
11
|
0.0077
|
9873826
|
Belgium
|
1999
|
0.6598
|
1.0854
|
111
|
0.1061
|
10226418
|
Croatia
|
2006
|
0.2327
|
0.2477
|
11
|
0.0218
|
4440022
|
Cyprus
|
2006
|
0.5341
|
0.6486
|
5
|
0.0975
|
770919
|
Czech Republic
|
2007
|
0.6721
|
0.9009
|
93
|
0.0889
|
10322689
|
Denmark
|
2006
|
0.0957
|
0.1656
|
9
|
0.0163
|
5434567
|
Estonia
|
2005
|
0.4611
|
0.3714
|
5
|
0.0289
|
1346098
|
Finland
|
2007
|
0.164
|
0.2458
|
13
|
0.0265
|
5288720
|
France
|
2006
|
2.2514
|
4.4367
|
2722
|
0.5276
|
61352572
|
Georgia
|
2001
|
0.5985
|
0.5059
|
23
|
0.0585
|
4546600
|
Germany
|
2006
|
0.4672
|
0.8669
|
714
|
0.0869
|
82365810
|
Hungary
|
2005
|
0.8213
|
1.0013
|
101
|
0.0744
|
10087065
|
Iceland
|
2007
|
0.4631
|
0.6423
|
2
|
0.1029
|
311396
|
Ireland
|
2007
|
3.5839
|
4.2175
|
183
|
0.6524
|
4339026
|
Israel
|
2005
|
0.0496
|
0.0577
|
4
|
0.0103
|
6930127
|
Italy
|
2006
|
0.5165
|
1.0807
|
637
|
0.114
|
58941498
|
Kazakhstan
|
2007
|
0.8984
|
0.6652
|
103
|
0.0651
|
15484192
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
2006
|
0.2347
|
0.2517
|
13
|
0.0337
|
5164206
|
Latvia
|
2007
|
0.0733
|
0.0439
|
1
|
0.003
|
2276100
|
Lithuania
|
2007
|
0.0841
|
0.0889
|
3
|
0.0066
|
3375618
|
Luxembourg
|
2005
|
1.8965
|
2.8431
|
13
|
0.3615
|
457250
|
Malta
|
2007
|
11.9393
|
15.6444
|
64
|
2.0572
|
409092
|
Netherlands
|
2007
|
1.5268
|
2.4173
|
396
|
0.2977
|
16381696
|
Norway
|
2006
|
0.0495
|
0.1073
|
5
|
0.0121
|
4660677
|
Poland
|
2006
|
0.1296
|
0.1416
|
54
|
0.0146
|
38132277
|
Portugal
|
2003
|
0.7519
|
1.2124
|
127
|
0.1164
|
10474685
|
Romania
|
2007
|
0.2886
|
0.2461
|
53
|
0.021
|
21537563
|
Russian Federation
|
2006
|
0.2441
|
0.1818
|
259
|
0.012
|
142487260
|
Serbia
|
2007
|
0.2314
|
0.2574
|
19
|
0.0185
|
7381579
|
Slovakia
|
2005
|
1.7169
|
1.7999
|
97
|
0.1814
|
5389180
|
Slovenia
|
2007
|
0.4727
|
0.6933
|
14
|
0.0753
|
2019406
|
Spain
|
2005
|
1.6516
|
3.0739
|
1334
|
0.3444
|
43398190
|
Sweden
|
2006
|
0.3629
|
0.7599
|
69
|
0.0756
|
9080504
|
Switzerland
|
2006
|
0.1815
|
0.334
|
25
|
0.0415
|
7483935
|
Ukraine
|
2005
|
0.142
|
0.0938
|
44
|
0.0056
|
46924816
|
United Kingdom
|
2007
|
2.0676
|
3.7671
|
2297
|
0.3997
|
60975355
|
Uzbekistan
|
2005
|
6.011
|
3.6764
|
962
|
0.6843
|
26167020
|
|
European region, deaths from other acute lower respiratory infections, all ages
|
Mortality tabulation list 1 of the ICD-10 – 1075 (other acute lower respiratory infections)
|
[4]
|
Result
{{#opasnet_base_link:Op_en4538}}
See also
Related files
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References
- ↑ Investigators R.A.DA.R. Study Group, ITALIE LANARI M; GIOVANNINI M.; GIUFFRE L; MARINI A.; RONDINI G.; ROSSI G. A; MEROLLA R; ZUCCOTTI G. V.; SALVIOLI G. P; Prevalence of respiratory syncytial virus infection in italian infants hospitalized for acute lower respiratory tract infections, and association between respiratory syncytial virus infection risk factors and disease severity. Pediatric pulmonology 2002, vol. 33, no6, pp. 458-465 (38 ref.)
- ↑ Igor Rudan, Cynthia Boschi-Pinto, Zrinka Biloglav, Kim Mulholland & Harry Campbell. Epidemiology and etiology of childhood pneumonia. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2008;86:408–416.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 WHO hospital morbidity database
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 WHO detailed mortality DB