All-cause pneumonia in children after the introduction of pneumococcal vaccines in the United Kingdom: a population-based study
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Methods: We carried out a population-based study to assess the trend of all-cause pneumonia in children aged <10 years between 2002 and 2012. Data were obtained from the IMS Disease Analyzer, a primary care database in UK. Three time-periods were defined to estimate monthly incidence: pre-PCV7 (January 2002–August 2006), post-PCV7 (September 2006–March 2010), and post-PCV13 (April 2010–December 2012). Interrupted time series analysis (ITS) was performed to assess any immediate change or gradual change in the monthly incidence of pneumonia between pre- and post-vaccination introduction. Results: A total of 4,228 children with at least one all-cause pneumonia episode were identified. The overall annual incidence rate of all-cause pneumonia declined by 37% from 3.8 episodes/1,000 person-years in 2002 to 2.4 episodes/1,000 person-years in 2012. Results of ITS analyses indicated that the incidence did not decline immediately after the introduction of PCV7 and PCV13. The incidence declined gradually in children aged <2 years (IRR=0.98; 95%CI=0.97-0.99) post-PCV7, and levelled off during post-PCV13 (IRR=1.00; 95%CI=0.99-1.02). No significant changes in incidence trend was observed in children aged 2-4 years (IRR=0.86; 95%CI=0.68-1.07) and 5-9 years (IRR=0.92; 95%CI=0.73-1.15) after PCV13 introduction. Conclusions: In the UK, the incidence of all-cause pneumonia in children <2 years declined after the introduction of PCV7 and levelled off in the first two years of introduction of PCV13. Continual monitoring is warranted to assess the population impact of PCV13 in preventing childhood pneumonia in the long-term.
Date Issued
2019-06
Date Acceptance
2019-02-12
Citation
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 2019, 28 (6), pp.821-829
ISSN
1053-8569
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
821
End Page
829
Journal / Book Title
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
Volume
28
Issue
6
Copyright Statement
© 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This is the accepted version of the following article: Lau, WCY, Bielicki, J, Tersigni, C, et al. All‐cause pneumonia in children after the introduction of pneumococcal vaccines in the United Kingdom: A population‐based study. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2019; 28: 821– 829, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/pds.4770 .
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
children
pharmacoepidemiology
pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
pneumonia
primary care
COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA
CONJUGATE VACCINE
HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
TIME-SERIES
OTITIS-MEDIA
IMPACT
EMPYEMA
ENGLAND
PROGRAM
TRENDS
children
pharmacoepidemiology
pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
pneumonia
primary care
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
1115 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
1117 Public Health and Health Services
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2019-04-16