Incidence of varicella in children in Jeju-do, Korea, 2005-2016: age-period-cohort analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Although the nationwide inoculation rate of varicella vaccine was approximately 95% in Korean children recently, the number of notified varicella cases is unexpectedly continuously increasing till now. To suggest some hypotheses regarding this discrepancy, an age-period-cohort (APC) analysis as a descriptive epidemiology study was conducted for children residing in Jeju-do, Korea.

Methods

The raw data were obtained from the nationwide database for insurance claim of healthcare fee provided by the National Health Insurance Service, Korea. The selection criteria were children aged 2-13 years who visited any healthcare center due to varicella from 2005 to 2016 while residing in Jeju-do. After calculating the birth cohort-specific crude incidence rates by age and year

SUBMITTER: Kim J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6302224 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature