Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of patients with acute diarrhea in Haiti from April 2, 2012 to March 28, 2013

	Overall (N = 1,616)		Cholera (N = 1,616)		Shigella (N = 1,616)		Salmonella (N = 1,616)		Rotavirus (N = 1,616)		No pathogen detected (N = 1,616)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Total			1,030	63.7	13	0.8	6	0.4	63	3.9	517	40.0
Demographics*
Age (years)
0–1	202	12.6	27	13.4	2	1.0	0	0.0	31	15.4	143	70.8
2–4	117	7.3	57	48.7	0	0.0	1	0.9	12	10.3	50	42.7
5–17	231	14.5	163	70.6	2	0.9	1	0.4	9	3.9	59	25.5
18–65	957	59.9	707	73.9	9	0.9	3	0.3	8	0.8	233	24.4
65 and older	92	5.8	63	68.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	29	31.5
Sex
Male	853	52.9	540	63.3	7	0.8	5	0.6	31	3.6	276	32.4
Female	759	47.1	487	64.2	6	0.8	1	0.1	30	4.0	240	31.6
Hospital
HUP	569	35.2	402	70.7	4	0.7	2	0.4	16	2.8	150	26.4
HSN	381	23.6	219	57.5	6	1.6	2	0.5	19	5.0	140	36.8
SMJ	334	20.7	247	74.0	0	0.0	1	0.3	3	0.9	84	25.2
HSC	332	20.5	162	48.8	3	0.9	1	0.3	23	6.9	143	43.1
Hospital ward
Pediatrics	195	12.2	11	5.6	2	1.0	0	0.0	32	16.1	151	77.4
Emergency/internal medicine	54	3.4	14	25.9	2	3.7	0	0.0	2	3.7	37	68.5
Cholera treatment center	1,356	84.5	1,000	73.8	9	0.7	6	0.4	28	2.1	324	23.9

^*Missing information: age (17 patients), sex (4 patients), and hospital ward (11 patients).