The burden of disease of Herpes Zoster in Tuscany

Figures & data

Figure 1. Number of hospitalizations (ordinary + DH admissions) for HZ-related diseases and hospitalization rate × 100 000, Tuscany, 2002–2012.

Table 1. Number of hospitalizations (ordinary+ DH admissions) for HZ-related diseases and hospitalization rates × 100 000, Tuscany, 2002–2012

Year	Total hospital admissions		Ordinary admissions		DH admissions
	n	rate ( × 100.000)	n	rate ( × 100.000)	n	rate ( × 100.000)
2002	597	17,0	537	15,3	60	1,7
2003	537	15,1	482	13,5	55	1,5
2004	485	13,5	430	12,0	55	1,5
2005	451	12,5	398	11,0	53	1,5
2006	420	11,5	382	10,5	38	1,0
2007	394	10,7	354	9,6	40	1,1
2008	330	8,9	298	8,0	32	0,9
2009	325	8,7	312	8,4	13	0,3
2010	316	8,4	299	8,0	17	0,5
2011	293	8,0	268	7,3	25	0,7
2012	327	8,9	288	7,8	39	1,1

Figure 2. Hospitalizations stratified by age groups for HZ-related diseases, Tuscany, 2002–2012.

Table 2. Hospitalizations for HZ-related diseases stratified by age groups, Tuscany, 2002–2012

Age groups	Year
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	Total
0–4	2	3	3	2	1	3	3	4	4	3	0	28
5–14	10	9	5	12	8	5	10	7	8	13	16	103
15–24	14	8	6	8	7	5	1	9	3	3	4	68
25–44	47	62	38	39	38	32	20	23	15	25	16	355
45–64	134	113	100	96	67	69	79	55	68	54	51	886
65–74	137	127	103	115	91	90	54	63	62	57	71	970
75+	252	215	230	179	208	190	163	164	156	138	169	2064
Total	596	537	485	451	420	394	330	325	316	293	327	4474

Figure 3. Hospital admissions for HZ-related diseases stratified by ICD9-CM codes, Tuscany, 2002–2012.

Figure 4. Average length of stay of hospitalized cases (DH excluded) for HZ-related diseases by age groups, Tuscany, 2002–2012.

Figure 5. Total costs of admissions.