Hospitalization rates for intussusception in children aged 0–59 months from 2009 to 2014 in Italy

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Table 1. Characteristics of children hospitalized for intussusception aged 0–59 months in Italy (2009–2014).

Italian intussusception hospitalization	N = 3,088
Gender, n (%)
Male	1,970 (63.8)
Female	1,118 (36.2)
Age, median in year (IQ range)	1 (0–2)
Age classes in months, n (%)
0–11	1,086 (35.2)
12–59	2,002 (64.8)
Hospitalization rate per 100,000 (CI 95%)
0–11 months	36.5 (32.9–40.1)
12–59 months	16.2 (13.4–19.2)
0–59 months	20.2 (18.0–22.4)
Mean of intussusception hospitalizations per year ( ± SD)	515 (45.5)
Hospitalization length, median in days (IQ range)	3 (2–5)
Discharge status, n (%)
Transferred	178 (5.7)
Death	2 (0.1)
Discharged	2,908 (94.2)

Figure 1. Intussusception hospitalization rate by age in months among Italian children (2009–2014).

Figure 2. Intussusception hospitalization cases during first year of life (2009–2014).