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Table 3 Incidence rate for infections per 1000 person-years and number of deaths at Butajira rural health program site during three years and three months from inclusion in the study in the intervention group, the vaccinated sub-set of the intervention group (Sep. 2011 – Aug. 2012), and control group (Sep 2009 – Aug. 2010)

From: Cost-effectiveness of childhood pneumococcal vaccination program in Ethiopia: results from a quasi-experimental evaluation

Infection

Intervention group (n = 876)

Control group (n = 1010)

All (876)

Vaccinated sub-group (626)

Acute lower respiratory infections

  ≤ 6 months

138.9

124.5

94.0

 7–12 months

76.9

84.8

54.2

 ≥12 months

56.4

30.6

60.4

 ≥ 2 years

26.1

22.8

29.6

 For the total period

88.5

82.1

75.2

Acute otitis media (for all)

7.1

5.0

6.2

Sepsis (for all)

4.3

3.7

0.4

Death

2

2

6