Table 2.
Reason of requesting laboratory diagnostics, by age, 2001 and 2002 combined
| Age in years | Total | 0 | 1–4 | 5–14 | 15–24 | 25–39 | 40–64 | 65+ |
| Reason | ||||||||
| Duration of complaints | 141 (58%) | 6 (55%) | 16 (46%) | 11 (50%) | 16 (48%) | 40 (68%) | 35 (56%) | 17 (85%) |
| Severity of complaints | 54 (22%) | 2 (27%) | 6 (17%) | 5 (23%) | 8 (24%) | 11 (19%) | 10 (16%) | 11 (55%) |
| Visit to specific country | 53 (22%) | 2 (18%) | 5 (14%) | 4 (18%) | 4 (12%) | 13 (22%) | 23 (37%) | 2 (10%) |
| Reassurance (of parents) | 42 (17%) | 2 (18%) | 11 (31%) | 5 (23%) | 7 (21%) | 6 (10%) | 8 (13%) | 3 (15%) |
| Specific complaints | 25 (10%) | 0 | 2 (6%) | 4 (18%) | 5 (15%) | 6 (10%) | 7 (11%) | 1 (5%) |
| Other reason | 23 (9%) | 0 | 3 (9%) | 3 (14%) | 3 (9%) | 5 (8%) | 7 (11%) | 2 (10%) |