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Table 1 The number of persons and persons per 100,000 inhabitants admitted to hospital or seeking specialized care per diagnostic group 2019-2020

From: Reduced dispensing of prescribed antibiotics during the Covid-19 pandemic has not increased severe complications from common infections

Diagnostic group (see Supplementary Table S2)

Age

2019

2020

Change 2020, relative to 2019

 

Persons

Persons/ 100,000 Inhabitants

Persons

Persons/ 100,000 Inhabitants

Persons

Percentage change

Quinsy, etc.

0-4

35

5.8

18

3.0

-17

-48.2 (-66.5, -34.9)

5-19

845

47.2

755

41.7

-90

-11.8 (-12, -11.5)

20-69

3 559

55.8

2 703

42.2

-856

-24.3 (-24.8, -23.9)

70+

310

20.6

248

16.1

-62

-21.7 (-22.9, -20.5)

All ages

4 749

46.2

3 724

36.0

-1 025

-22.1 (-22.5, -21.8)

Mastoiditis

0-4

70

11.6

41

6.9

-29

-41 (-49.9, -33.6)

5-19

73

4.1

39

2.2

-34

-47.2 (-58.5, -38.1)

20-69

44

0.7

29

0.5

-15

-34.3 (-42.5, -27.8)

70+

7

0.5

9

0.6

2

25.9 (9.6, 69.4)

All ages

194

1.9

118

1.1

-76

-39.6 (-44.3, -35.4)

Sinusitis complications

0-4

116

19.2

50

8.4

-66

-56.6 (-69.7, -45.9)

5-19

188

10.5

110

6.1

-78

-42.2 (-47.6, -37.4)

20-69

587

9.2

320

5.0

-267

-45.7 (-49.2, -42.4)

70+

147

9.8

74

4.8

-73

-50.7 (-59.6, -43.2)

All ages

1 038

10.1

554

5.4

-484

-47 (-49.8, -44.4)

Meningitis and brain abscesses

0-4

36

6.0

35

5.8

-1

-2.1 (-1.9, -2)

5-19

29

1.6

24

1.3

-5

-18.3 (-21.6, -15.5)

20-69

282

4.4

239

3.7

-43

-15.6 (-16.4, -14.8)

70+

131

8.7

96

6.2

-35

-28.3 (-31.3, -25.5)

All ages

478

4.7

394

3.8

-84

-18.2 (-18.9, -17.4)

Pneumonia

0-4

2 737

453.8

1 139

190.3

-1 598

-58.1 (-60.7, -55.5)

5-19

2 039

114.0

989

54.6

-1 050

-52.1 (-54.5, -49.8)

20-69

15 740

246.6

9 336

145.7

-6 404

-40.9 (-41.4, -40.4)

70+

29 449

1 955.6

17 947

1 166.7

-11 502

-40.3 (-40.7, -40)

All ages

49 954

486.0

29 404

284.0

-20 550

-41.6 (-41.9, -41.3)

Skin-and soft tissue infections

0-4

263

43.6

198

33.1

-65

-24.1 (-25.9, -22.5)

5-19

548

30.6

393

21.7

-155

-29.2 (-30.7, -27.7)

20-69

8 065

126.4

6 824

106.5

-1 241

-15.7 (-15.9, -15.6)

70+

7 431

493.5

6 361

413.5

-1 070

-16.2 (-16.4, -16.1)

All ages

16 305

158.6

13 776

133.1

-2 529

-16.1 (-16.2, -16)

Necrotizing fasciitis

20-69

141

2.2

99

1.5

-42

-30.1 (-33.5, -27)

70+

94

6.2

64

4.2

-30

-33.4 (-38.3, -29)

All ages

243

2.4

166

1.6

-77

-32.2 (-35.1, -29.5)

Blood stream infections

0-4

147

24.4

116

19.4

-31

-20.5 (-22.3, -18.8)

5-19

131

7.3

119

6.6

-12

-10.3 (-10.9, -9.7)

20-69

3 200

50.1

2 520

39.3

-680

-21.6 (-21.9, -21.2)

70+

8 024

532.9

7 031

457.1

-993

-14.2 (-14.3, -14.1)

All ages

11 498

111.9

9 785

94.5

-1 713

-15.5 (-15.6, -15.4)

Febrile urinary tract infections

0-4

2 657

440.6

2 559

427.6

-98

-2.9 (-3, -2.9)

5-19

1 812

101.3

1 620

89.5

-192

-11.7 (-11.9, -11.5)

20-69

7 142

111.9

6 364

99.3

-778

-11.2 (-11.3, -11.1)

70+

7 613

505.6

7 471

485.7

-142

-3.9 (-3.9, -3.9)

All ages

19 224

187.0

18 014

174.0

-1 210

-7 (-7, -6.9)