Table 3 Age distribution comparison of respiratory pathogen infections between 2021–2022 and 2023
Year | Age Group | Virus Detection, n (%) | Bacteria Detection, n (%) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total number of cases | IVA | IVB | RSV | Total positive cases | Total number of cases | ABA | HIN | KP | PAE | SAU | SMA | SP | MRSA | Total positive cases | ||
2021–2022 | Children (< 5 years) | 2128 | 97(4.6) | 21(1.0) | 287(13.5) | 405(19.0) | 47 | 1(2.1) | 16(34.0) | 2(4.3) | 0(0.0) | 5(10.6) | 0(0.0) | 10(21.3) | 5(10.6) | 39(83.0) |
School-age children (5‒17 years) | 672 | 58(8.6) | 45(6.7) | 12(1.8) | 115(17.1) | 83 | 4(4.8) | 7(8.4) | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 4(4.8) | 0(0.0) | 7(8.4) | 4(4.8) | 26(31.3) | |
Adult (18‒59 years) | 3191 | 93(2.9) | 47(1.5) | 13(0.4) | 153(4.8) | 4187 | 78(1.9) | 300(7.2) | 163(3.9) | 114(2.7) | 114(2.7) | 19(0.5) | 105(2.5) | 234(5.6) | 1127(26.9) | |
Older people (≥ 60 years) | 1028 | 69(6.7) | 4(0.4) | 9(0.9) | 82(8.0) | 1674 | 106(6.3) | 170(10.2) | 134(8.0) | 134(8.0) | 55(3.3) | 32(1.9) | 67(4.0) | 240(14.3) | 938(56.0) | |
|  | X² |  | 56.87 | 120.7 | 558.5 | 306.5 |  | 79.1 | 55.98 | 47.13 | 89.82 | 12.04 | 31.25 | 67.76 | 125.1 | 489.5 |
|  | P |  | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 |  | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 | 0.0073 | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 |
2023 | Children (< 5 years) | 1390 | 77(5.5) | 10(0.7) | 261(18.8) | 348(25.0) | 13 | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 1(7.7) | 0(0.0) | 1(7.7) | 4(30.8) | 6(46.2) |
School-age children (5‒17 years) | 1129 | 133(11.8) | 26(2.3) | 18(1.6) | 177(15.7) | 82 | 0(0.0) | 11(13.4) | 0(0.0) | 1(1.2) | 3(3.7) | 0(0.0) | 8(9.8) | 3(3.7) | 26(31.7) | |
Adult (18‒59 years) | 3655 | 526(14.4) | 170(4.7) | 34(0.9) | 730(20.0) | 2338 | 27(1.2) | 219(9.4) | 72(3.1) | 62(2.7) | 76(3.3) | 9(0.4) | 68(2.9) | 92(3.9) | 625(26.7) | |
Older people (≥ 60 years) | 1812 | 129(7.1) | 17(0.9) | 32(1.8) | 178(9.8) | 1385 | 73(5.3) | 133(9.6) | 103(7.4) | 64(4.6) | 48(3.5) | 45(3.2) | 47(3.4) | 171(12.3) | 684(49.4) | |
|  | X² |  | 93.79 | 92.47 | 853.3 | 142.8 |  | 60.39 | 2.889 | 42.44 | 12.11 | 0.909 | 52.57 | 12.82 | 106.2 | 197 |
|  | p |  | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 |  | < 0.0001 | 0.409 | < 0.0001 | 0.007 | 0.8233 | < 0.0001 | 0.005 | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 |