Table 1.
Patient characteristics of children with diarrhea in China, 2009–2015.
| Characteristics | All patients, (n = 33,616) | Hospital settings |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outpatient, (n = 27,931) | Inpatient, (n = 5,685) | p-value | ||
| Sex, male | 21683 (64.5) | 17845 (63.9) | 3838 (67.5) | <0.001 |
| Age, median (IQR), yr | 0.9 (0.5-1.4) | 0.9 (0.5-1.4) | 0.7 (0.4-1.0) | <0.001 |
| Age group | <0.001 | |||
| 1–5 mo | 8186 (24.4) | 6258 (22.4) | 1928 (33.9) | |
| 6–11 mo | 12249 (36.4) | 9822 (35.2) | 2427 (42.7) | |
| 12–23 mo | 8257 (24.6) | 7526 (26.9) | 731 (12.9) | |
| 24–59 mo | 4924 (14.6) | 4325 (15.5) | 599 (10.5) | |
| Residential Area* | <0.001 | |||
| Rural | 15276 (46%) | 11494 (41.4) | 3782 (69.3) | |
| Urban | 17930 (54%) | 16253 (58.6) | 1677 (30.7) | |
| Year of surveillance | <0.001 | |||
| 2009 | 4319 (12.8) | 2455 (8.8) | 1864 (32.8) | |
| 2010 | 5576 (16.6) | 3801 (13.6) | 1775 (31.2) | |
| 2011 | 4427 (13.2) | 2381 (8.5) | 2046 (36.0) | |
| 2012 | 4573 (13.6) | 4573 (16.4) | – | |
| 2013 | 5631 (16.8) | 5631 (20.2) | – | |
| 2014 | 4634 (13.8) | 4634 (16.6) | – | |
| 2015 | 4456 (13.3) | 4456 (16.0) | – | |
Note: Data are presented as no. (%) of patients unless otherwise indicated. No patients were recruited at inpatient settings during years 2012–2015.
*
The no. of patients in rural and urban areas did not equal the total no. of patients due to missing data.