Table 1.
Distribution of reported illness syndromes* among healthcare-use survey respondents, by age-category, Bondo district, Kenya, 2005
| Age-category (years)† | No. of survey respondents | Illness in the past 12 months$ | Illness in the past 2 weeks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % with reported pneumonia (95% CI) | % with reported acute respiratory illness (95% CI) | % with reported diarrhoea (95% CI) | % with reported fever (95% CI) | ||
| 0-4 | 1,679 | 3.8 (3.3-4.4) | 9.4 (8.2-10.7) | 13.9 (12.3-15.7) | 43.8 (41.4-46.3) |
| 5-17 | 2,035 | 0.9 (0.8-1.1) | 5.3 (4.4-6.4) | 2.7 (2.1-3.5) | 18.0 (16.2-20.0) |
| 18-49 | 2,203 | 1.8 (1.5-2.1) | 4.4 (3.7-5.2) | 3.9 (3.1-4.8) | 15.8 (14.2-17.6) |
| ≥50 | 306 | 2.0 (1.4-3.0) | 6.1 (4.1-8.9) | 5.2 (3.2-8.4) | 20.6 (16.3-25.6) |
| All ages | 6,223 | 2.1 (1.9-2.3) | 6.1 (5.5-6.8) | 6.3 (5.6-7.0) | 24.4 (23.1-25.7) |
*See Materials and Methods section for definitions of illness syndromes;
†Respondents in all age-categories were from households with at least one under-five child;
$Excludes the past two weeks; CI=Confidence interval