Table 1. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of paediatric outpatients receiving antibiotics.
| Patient characteristics | Category | Frequency (n=2862) | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age range | |||
| 0–27 days | 5 | 0.17 | |
| 28 days to 12 months | 432 | 15.09 | |
| 13–23 months | 629 | 21.98 | |
| 2–5 years | 1173 | 40.99 | |
| 6–11 years | 511 | 17.85 | |
| 12–18 years | 112 | 3.91 | |
| Sex | |||
| Ambiguous | 2 | 0.07 | |
| Female | 1321 | 46.16 | |
| Male | 1539 | 53.77 | |
| Presence of fever | |||
| Yes | 1916 | 66.95 | |
| No | 759 | 26.52 | |
| Information not available | 187 | 6.53 | |
| Prior antibiotic use | |||
| No | 1627 | 56.85 | |
| Yes | 338 | 11.81 | |
| Information not available | 897 | 31.34 | |
| Diagnosis* | |||
| Pharyngitis/tonsillitis | 1143 | 36.00 | |
| Acute otitis media | 530 | 16.69 | |
| Pneumonia | 419 | 13.20 | |
| Bacterial skin infection | 290 | 9.13 | |
| Diarrhoea/acute gastroenteritis | 289 | 9.10 | |
| Urinary tract infection | 255 | 8.03 | |
| Mumps | 43 | 1.35 | |
| Nasopharyngitis | 33 | 1.04 | |
| Cellulitis | 22 | 0.69 | |
| Sinusitis | 20 | 0.63 | |
| Periodontal infection | 16 | 0.50 | |
| Severe acute malnutrition | 15 | 0.47 | |
| Allergic rhinitis | 12 | 0.38 | |
| Bronchiolitis | 11 | 0.35 | |
| Acute exacerbation of asthma | 8 | 0.25 | |
| Cough | 8 | 0.25 | |
| Typhoid fever | 8 | 0.25 | |
| Vomiting | 7 | 0.22 | |
| Atopic dermatitis | 7 | 0.22 | |
| Chicken pox | 6 | 0.19 | |
| scdx with voc | 6 | 0.19 | |
| Acute gastritis | 5 | 0.16 | |
| Others | 22 | 0.69 | |
*
Multiple diagnoses present in some cases.