Acute Otitis Media in the US
> 24 million acute otitis media office visits per year (1)
- ~ 80% of children in the US have at least 1 episode of otitis media by age 3 (2)
- ~ 50% have > 3 episodes by age 3 (2)
- ~ 7–12 million cases are caused by S. pneumoniae (1)
(1) MMWR. 1997;46:1-24 (2) Teele DW et al. J Infect Dis. 1989;160:83-94