Research Article

A Retrospective Study of the Clinical Burden of Hospitalized All-Cause and Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Canada

Table 1

Annual incidence, LOS, and case-fatality rates for hospitalization due to all-cause pneumonia in Canada, from 2004-2005 to 2009-2010.

2004-20052005-20062006-20072007-20082008-20092009-2010

Annual incidence
Number of cases/at-risk population88151/2440474787050/2466329886679/2494452284909/2524231086839/2556464489785/25891827
Incidence per 100,000 persons (95% CI)
 Overall361
(359, 364)
353
(351, 355)
347
(345, 350)
336
(334, 339)
340
(337, 342)
347
(345, 349)
65 years of age1766
(1751, 1780)
1692
(1678, 1707)
1655
(1641, 1669)
1595
(1582, 1609)
1611
(1598, 1624)
1537
(1524, 1550)
 Males382
(379, 386)
371
(367, 374)
367
(364, 371)
356
(353, 359)
355
(352, 358)
362
(359, 365)
  Females341
(337, 344)
336
(332, 339)
328
(325, 331)
317
(314, 320)
324
(321, 328)
332
(329, 335)
LOS, mean days ± SD
 Overall9.99 ± 16.669.92 ± 15.5110.30 ± 17.4210.67 ± 18.7311.03 ± 18.9010.54 ± 20.09
 0–17 years of age3.90 ± 6.513.89 ± 8.123.93 ± 6.163.88 ± 6.353.96 ± 7.033.90 ± 8.10
 18–69 years of age9.13 ± 14.948.77 ± 14.59.07 ± 15.919.41 ± 19.109.64 ± 16.469.35 ± 17.32
70 years of age11.98 ± 18.7712.11 ± 16.9512.54 ± 19.5012.87 ± 19.8413.30 ± 21.3112.98 ± 23.18
Case-fatality
Number of deaths/number of cases10822/8815110151/8705010539/8667910397/8490910707/8683910419/89785
% (95% CI)
 Overall12.3
(12.1, 12.5)
11.7
(11.4, 11.9)
12.2
(11.9, 12.4)
12.2
(12.0, 12.5)
12.3
(12.1, 12.6)
11.6
(11.4, 11.8)
65 years of age17.1
(16.8, 17.4)
16.4
(16.1, 16.8)
17.1
(16.7, 17.4)
17.1
(16.8, 17.5)
17.0
(16.7, 17.3)
16.7 
(16.4, 17.0)
 Males12.8
(12.5, 13.1)
11.9
(11.6, 12.2)
12.5
(12.2, 12.8)
12.6
(12.3, 12.9)
12.9
(12.6, 13.3)
11.9
(11.6, 12.1)
 Females11.7
(11.4, 12.0)
11.4
(11.1, 11.7)
11.7
(11.4, 12.1)
11.8
(11.5, 12.2)
11.7
(11.4, 12.0)
11.3
(11.0, 11.6)

CI, confidence interval; LOS, length of stay; SD, standard deviation.