Table 2.

Age and sex distribution of patients with dengue fever and those who received platelet transfusion

Age group (in years)	Number of dengue cases			Number of cases who received platelet transfusion
	Male	Females	Total	Males	Female	Total
0–10	78	54	132	12	13	25
11–20	37	27	64	3	8	11
21–30	44	16	60	14	5	19
31–40	16	15	31	4	3	7
41–50	14	17	31	3	4	7
>50	10	15	25	1	1	2
Total	199 (58%)	144 (42%)	343	37 (52.11)	34 (47.89)	71 (20.7%)