Table 1 Sociodemographic and baseline characteristics of children with severe acute malnutrition, Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia; October, 2012 to April, 2016
Variables | Frequency | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex of child | Male | 195 | 48.6 |
Female | 206 | 51.4 | |
ᅟResidence | Urban | 83 | 20.7 |
Rural | 318 | 79.3 | |
Age of child | 6–23 | 221 | 55.1 |
24–59 | 180 | 44.9 | |
Admission status | New | 383 | 95.5 |
Return from default | 2 | .5 | |
Readmission | 16 | 4.0 | |
Diagnosis at admission | Edematous | 163 | 40.6 |
Wasted | 225 | 56.1 | |
Both | 13 | 3.2 | |
Breastfeeding history | Yes | 362 | 90.3 |
No | 38 | 9.5 | |
Not documented | 1 | .2 | |
Diarrhea | Yes | 211 | 52.6 |
No | 190 | 47.4 | |
Vomiting | Yes | 219 | 54.6 |
No | 182 | 45.4 | |
Cough | Yes | 205 | 51.1 |
No | 196 | 48.9 | |
Fever | Yes | 260 | 64.8 |
No | 140 | 34.9 | |
Not documented | 1 | .2 | |
HIV | Yes | 21 | 5.2 |
No | 155 | 38.7 | |
Not documented | 225 | 56.1 | |
Malaria | Yes | 15 | 3.7 |
No | 382 | 95.3 | |
Not documented | 4 | 1.0 | |
Pneumonia | Yes | 116 | 28.9 |
No | 285 | 71.1 | |
TB | Yes | 38 | 9.5 |
No | 360 | 89.8 | |
Not documented | 3 | .7 | |
Anemia | Yes | 260 | 64.8 |
No | 140 | 34.9 | |
Not documented | 1 | .2 | |
Open skin lesions | Yes | 70 | 17.5 |
No | 331 | 82.5 | |
Fever > 39 °C | Yes | 45 | 11.2 |
No | 356 | 88.8 | |
Appetite test | Pass | 5 | 1.2 |
Fail | 10 | 2.5 | |
Not documented | 386 | 96.3 | |