Table 1.
The most common diagnoses of non malarial febrile illnesses
| Diagnoses* | Total (%) n = 1602 | Age < 5 years (%) n = 742 | Age ≥ 5 years (%) n = 860 | RR† (95%CI) | p-value |
| Upper respiratory tract infection | 754 (47%) | 388 (52%) | 366 (43%) | 1.2 (1.1–1.4) | 0.0001 |
| Common cold | 469 (29%) | 247 (33%) | 222 (26%) | 1.3 (1.1–1.5) | 0.001 |
| Non-specified fever | 233 (15%) | 86 (12%) | 147 (17%) | 0.7 (0.5–0.9) | 0.002 |
| Pharyngitis/Tonsillitis | 196 12%) | 76 (10%) | 120 (14%) | 0.7 (0.6–1.0) | 0.028 |
| Diarrhea | 157(10%) | 95 (13%) | 62 (7%) | 1.8 (1.3–2.4) | 0.0002 |
| Skin infections/wounds | 121 (8%) | 55 (7%) | 66 (7%) | 1.0 (0.7–1.4) | 0.843 |
| Pneumonia | 57(4%) | 43 (6%) | 14 (2%) | 3.6 (2.0–6.5) | <0.001 |
| Urinary tract infection | 32 (2%) | 15 (2%) | 17 (0.8%) | 1.0 (0.5–2.0) | 0.949 |
| Otitis media | 22 (1%) | 17 (2%) | 5 (0.6%) | 3.9 (1.5–10.6) | 0.003 |
* Patients may have had more that one diagnosis
† RR = Relative risk for age < 5 years versus age ≥ 5 years