Table 4

Distribution of pneumonia hospitalisation incidence rate in elderly long-term cancer survivors with and without PPSV23

No. of pneumonia hospitalisations per PY (%)
0>0–1>1–2>2–3>3
Patients with PPSV23341 (90.45)25 (6.63)7 (1.86)3 (0.80)1 (0.27)
Patients without PPSV23649 (86.07)70 (9.28)19 (2.52)12 (1.59)4 (0.53)
Total990 (87.53)95 (8.40)26 (2.30)15 (1.33)5 (0.44)
  • PPSV23, 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine; PY, person-year.