Table 2.
Distribution of patients according to age and sex characteristics, Abuzar Children’s Hospital, Ahvaz Jondishapour University of Medical Sciences, Spring 2006
| Characteristics | Stung By Scorpions | ||||||||
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| Age (yr) | Sex | A. crassicauda | H. lepturus | Unknown species | Total | ||||
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| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | ||
| 0–6 | ♀ | 5 | 38.46 | 2 | 40 | 10 | 27.77 | 17 | 29.82 |
| ♂ | 4 | 30.76 | - | - | 8 | 22.22 | 12 | 22.22 | |
| 7–12 | ♀ | 2 | 15.38 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 25.00 | 12 | 22.22 |
| ♂ | 2 | 15.38 | - | - | 8 | 22.22 | 10 | 18.51 | |
| 13–18 | ♀ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ♂ | - | - | 1 | 20 | 1 | 2.77 | 2 | 3.70 | |
| Total | ♀ | 7 | 53.84 | 3 | 60 | 19 | 52.77 | 29 | 53.70 |
| ♂ | 6 | 45.15 | 2 | 40 | 17 | 47.22 | 25 | 46.29 | |