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Kawasaki disease hospitalization rates for California children under 5 increased from 2003 to 2006 and remained stable through 2010, resulting in a higher overall rate in 2010 than in 2003.
Kawasaki disease hospitalization rates among young children in California increased from 2003 to 2006 and then stabilized through 2010.
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Hospitalization trends warrant continued surveillance; leaves open whether incidence is rising or reflects diagnostic shifts.
In California, the 2010 annual Kawasaki disease hospitalization rate for children <5 years of age was higher than the rate in 2003. An increasing trend during 2003-2010 appears to be driven by an increase from 2003 to 2006, whereas the Kawasaki disease hospitalization rate remained stable through 2010.
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Callinan et al. (2014) studied this question. Kawasaki disease hospitalization rates for California children under 5 increased from 2003 to 2006 and remained stable through 2010, resulting in a higher overall rate in 2010 than in 2003.
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