|
Variables
|
Total (N and %)
|
Co-morbidity diseases
|
P-value*
|
|---|
|
Sex (n = 500)
| |
AGE (%)
|
Diarrhoea (%)
|
PTB (%)
|
Pneumonia (%)
|
Others (%)
|
0.043
|
|
Male
|
257 (51.4)
|
33 (42.3)
|
23 (59)
|
4 (26.7)
|
69 (58.5)
|
51 (48.1)
| |
|
Female
|
243 (48.6)
|
45 (57.7)
|
16 (41)
|
11 (73.3)
|
49 (41.5)
|
55 (51.9)
| |
|
Place of Residence (n = 500)
| | | | | | |
0.152
|
|
Out of Hossana
|
412 (82.4)
|
62 (79.5)
|
35 (89.7)
|
15 (100)
|
93 (78.8)
|
90 (84.9)
| |
|
Hossana
|
88 (17.6)
|
16 (20.5)
|
4 (10.3)
|
0 (0)
|
25 (21.2)
|
16 (15.1)
| |
|
Admission type (n = 498)
| | | | | | |
0.672
|
|
New
|
444 (89.2)
|
72 (92.3)
|
34 (87.2)
|
12 (80)
|
106 (89.8)
|
95 (89.6)
| |
|
Repeat
|
54 (10.8)
|
6 (7.7)
|
5 (12.8)
|
3 (20)
|
12 (10.2)
|
11 (10.4)
| |
- NOTE: (overall n = 356 was dictated by the variable co-morbidity)
- Median age in months(IQR) for AGE 8(2–12), diarrhea 11(3–24), PTB 12(7–36), pneumonia 11(3–24), others 9(3–24) P = 0.282 (Kruskal –Wallis)
- *Tested using Chi square
