Table 2 Co-morbidity groups by admission type and demographic factors among under five children in NEMMH, Southern Ethiopia
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) | |