Table 2 Number and distribution of varicella cases in children aged <15 years in Uruguayan private healthcare providers between 1997 and 2005

Age (years)	Servicio de Urgencia Asistencia y Traslado (SUAT)									Servicio de Emergencia Medico Movil (SEMM)
Age (years)	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
<1
Cases	63	86	52	22	31	14	11	7	6	106	39	46	35	17	6	16	10
Members	911	994	1064	1317	1245	2181	5446	3336	2396	8743	9604	8835	4409	3414	3223	2475	2513
Cases/1000	69.2	86.5	48.9	16.7	24.9	6.4	2.0	2.1	2.5	12.1	4.1	5.2	7.9	5.0	1.9	6.5	4.0
1–4
Cases	723	890	454	217	166	89	44	9	18	1038	369	271	165	44	23	42	26
Members	3796	4227	4787	5191	5633	7202	7106	7809	7966	20 114	20 659	19 243	17 517	14 133	13 869	9963	11 483
Cases/1000	190.5	210.6	94.8	41.8	29.5	12.4	6.2	1.2	2.3	51.6	17.9	14.1	9.4	3.1	1.7	4.2	2.3
5–9
Cases	592	709	379	245	299	248	188	79	43	769	300	248	267	138	137	187	123
Members	4148	4698	5238	5690	6218	7660	8491	7556	5950	23 383	23 826	22 490	20 725	16 913	16 715	11 854	13 894
Cases/1000	142.7	150.9	72.4	43.1	48.1	32.4	22.1	10.5	7.2	32.9	12.6	11.0	12.9	8.2	8.2	15.8	8.9
10–14
Cases	131	182	99	83	87	73	54	37	30	211	102	74	79	35	53	78	72
Members	3607	4074	4710	5190	5599	6840	7512	6430	7671	18 992	20 608	20 334	19 696	16 440	13 069	13 262	13 173
Cases/1000	36.3	44.7	21.0	16.0	15.5	10.7	7.2	5.8	3.9	11.1	4.9	3.6	4.0	2.1	4.1	5.9	5.5
Total
Cases	1509	1867	984	567	583	424	297	132	97	2124	810	639	546	234	219	323	231
Members	12 462	13 993	15 799	17 388	18 695	23 883	28 555	25 131	23 983	71 232	74 697	70 902	62 347	50 900	46 876	37 554	41 064
Cases/1000	121.1	133.4	62.3	32.6	31.2	17.8	10.4	5.3	4.0	29.8	10.8	9.0	8.8	4.6	4.7	8.6	5.6