Table 3. Clinical Symptoms and Underlying Medical Conditions among the Hospitalized (SARI) and Non-Hospitalized (ILI) Cases.
| Characteristics | All Patients (n = 1243) n (%) | SARI Patients (n = 326) n (%) | ILI Patients (n = 917) n (%) |
| Symptoms | |||
| Fever | 699(56) | 234(72) | 465(51) |
| Cough | 730(59) | 267(82) | 463(51) |
| Sore throat | 653(53) | 205(63) | 448(49) |
| Shortness of breath | 354(29) | 183(56) | 171(19) |
| Diarrhea | 78(6) | 48(15) | 30(03) |
| Underlying Medical Conditions | 262(27) | 88(27) | 174(66) |
| Allergies | 57(5) | 20(6) | 37(2) |
| Respiratory Disease | 77(6.2) | 58(18) | 19(2) |
| Liver Disease | 20(2) | 13(4) | 7(1) |
| Metabolic Disease | 30(2.4) | 22(7) | 8(1) |
| Cardiac Disease | 56(5) | 43(13) | 13(1.4) |
SARI = Severe Acute respiratory infections; ILI = Influenza like Illness.