Table 1.
Distribution of study population by age-group and sex and also by rate of isolation of Campylobacter spp. in diarrhoeal stools from hospitals in Vhembe district, South Africa
| Age-group (years) | Males |
Females |
Total |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) of individuals | Campylobacter-positive (%) | No. (%) of individuals | Campylobacter-positive (%) | No. (%) of individuals | Campylobacter-positive (%) | |
| 0-2 | 33 (12) | 9 (27.3) | 36 (12.4) | 12 (33.3) | 69 (12.2) | 21 (30.4) |
| 3-5 | 22 (8) | 2 (9) | 25 (8.6) | 6 (24) | 47 (8.3) | 8 (17) |
| 6-9 | 30 (11) | 6 (20) | 21 (7.2) | 4 (19) | 51 (9) | 10 (19.6) |
| 10-19 | 34 (12.4) | 3 (8.8) | 38 (13.1) | 5 (13.1) | 72 (12.7) | 8 (11.1) |
| 20-29 | 46 (16.7) | 11 (23.9) | 52 (18) | 10 (19.2) | 98 (17.3) | 21 (21.4) |
| 30-39 | 47 (17) | 12 (25.5) | 48 (16.6) | 8 (16.7) | 95 (16.8) | 20 (21) |
| 40-49 | 41 (15) | 8 (19.5) | 42 (14.5) | 12 (28.6) | 83 (14.7) | 20 (24.1) |
| 50-60 | 12 (4.4) | 1 (8.3) | 16 (5.5) | 4 (25) | 28 (5) | 5 (17.8) |
| >60 | 10 (3.6) | 0 (0) | 12 (4.1) | 2 (16.7) | 22 (3.9) | 2 (9) |
| Total | 275 (48.7) | 52 (18.9) | 290 (51.3) | 63 (21.7) | 565 (100) | 115 (20.3) |