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Table 4 Influenza-associated paediatric inpatients and deaths in Austria between 2002 and 2018. The number of inpatients and deaths in Austria during season 2017/2018 was estimated from reported cases in 12 and 33 Austrian hospitals, respectively, while the cases in 2002–2016 were collected retrospectively by searching ICD-10 codes

From: A severe influenza season in Austria and its impact on the paediatric population: mortality and hospital admission rates, november 2017 - march 2018

Year

Number of Inpatients

Number of inpatients per 100,000 children

Number of deaths

Number of deaths per 100,000 children

2002

582

35.7

0

0.00

2003

912

56.2

1

0.06

2004

880

54.4

2

0.12

2005

747

46.3

2

0.12

2006

344

21.4

1

0.06

2007

548

34.4

0

0.00

2008

487

30.9

1

0.06

2009

1653

105.8

4

0.26

2010

224

14.5

0

0.00

2011

764

50.1

3

0.20

2012

665

44.1

1

0.70

2013

681

45.4

2

0.13

2014

349

23.4

0

0.00

2015

676

45.3

2

0.13

2016

867

57.3

1

0.70

11/2017 03/2018

2072

(CI: 1968-2179)

128

(CI: 122–135)

11 (CI: 5–20)

0.67 (CI: 0.32–1.21)