Table 3

Hospital admissions for influenza (with and without influenza pneumonia), pneumonia and invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD), per 100,000 individuals

DiagnosisVaccine given
InfluenzaPneumococcalBothNone
Subjects n293462324972107134045
Influenza150142128201
 OR (95% CI)0.74 (0.54–1.03)0.70 (0.49–1.03)0.63 (0.5–0.81)
 p‐value<0.1<0.1<0.001
Pneumonia2140208216072283
 OR (95% CI)0.94 (0.86–1.02)0.91 (0.82–1.00)0.71 (0.65–0.75)
 p‐value<0.2<0.06<0.0001
IPD1491832
 OR (95% CI)0.42 (0.15–1.21)0.27 (0.06–1.14)0.56 (0.30–1.05)
 p‐value<0.1<0.06<0.06
  • OR: odds ratio

  • CI: confidence interval

  • Data taken from subjects after receiving separate influenza or pneumococcal vaccines, or both, compared with no vaccine, between December 1, 1999 and November 30, 2000

  • All p‐value comparisons are against the unvaccinated cohort