Table 4. Age distribution of enteric fever cases annually in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.

	Total Enteric fever cases	<5 years		5–15 years		15 years
		N	%	n	%	n	%
2008	631	105	17	258	41	268	42
2009	1328	142	11	315	24	871	66
2010	746	81	11	259	35	406	54
2011	805	77	10	220	27	508	63
2012	347	51	15	103	30	193	56
Total	3857	456		1155		2246

Note: Hospitals in above data: TH, IFCH, KMC, HHC, OH, and NPH.

TH- Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital.

IFCH- International Friendship's Children Hospital.

KMC- Kathmandu Medical College.

HHC- Helping Hands Community Hospital.

OH- Om Hospital.

NPH- Nepal Police Hospital.

AH- Army Hospital.

HAMS- Hospital for Advanced Medicine and Surgery.