Table 1. Characteristics of the participants with acute diarrhea from 2006 to 2012.
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | Total | |
| Number | 73 | 324 | 416 | 387 | 363 | 206 | 72 | 1841 |
| Male (%) | 41 (56.2%) | 185 (57.1%) | 219 (52.6%) | 217 (56.1%) | 212 (58.4%) | 110 (53.4%) | 32 (44.4%) | 1016 (55.2%) |
| Age, median [range], months | 12 [1–144] | 10 [1–144] | 12 [0–138] | 11 [0–131] | 13 [1–132] | 16 [1–144] | 14 [1–131] | 12 [0–144] |
| Age group, months (%) <6 | 22 (30.1%) | 113 (34.9%) | 126 (30.3%) | 124 (32.0%) | 87 (24.0%) | 49 (23.8%) | 18 (25.0%) | 539 (29.3%) |
| 6−<12 | 18 (24.7%) | 70 (21.6%) | 89 (21.4%) | 87 (22.5%) | 90 (24.8%) | 36 (17.5%) | 13 (18.1%) | 403 (21.9%) |
| 12−<24 | 13 (17.8%) | 59 (18.2%) | 76 (18.3%) | 76 (19.6%) | 93 (25.6%) | 47 (22.8%) | 24 (33.3%) | 388 (21.1%) |
| ≥24 | 20 (27.4%) | 82 (25.3%) | 125 (30.0%) | 100 (25.8%) | 93 (25.6%) | 74 (35.9%) | 17 (23.6%) | 511 (27.8%) |
| Vaccination status | ||||||||
| Card available | 73 (100%) | 196 (60.5%) | 204 (49.0%) | 297 (76.7%) | 259 (71.3%) | 162 (78.6%) | 60 (83.0%) | 1451 (78.8%) |
| *Vaccinated | 21 (28.8%) | 103 (52.6%) | 130 (63.7%) | 184 (62.0%) | 197 (76%) | 117 (72.2%) | 52 (86.7%) | 804 (55.4%) |
| Not vaccinated | 52 (71.2%) | 93 (47.4%) | 74 (36.3%) | 113 (38.0%) | 62 (24%) | 45 (27.8%) | 8 (13.3%) | 647 (44.6%) |
| Diarrhoea | ||||||||
| **Median duration [range] | 3 [1]–[13] | 3 [1]–[15] | 3 [0–60] | 3 [1]–[17] | 3 [0–30] | 3 [1]–[15] | 3 [1]–[15] | 3 [1]–[15] |
| Frequency per day | 5 [3]–[15] | 5 [3]–[20] | 4 [1]–[20] | 4 [1]–[15] | 4 [1]–[25] | 5 [1]–[30] | 5 [2]–[16] | 4 [1]–[30] |
| Vomiting | ||||||||
| Present | 41 (56.2%) | 144 (44.4%) | 230 (55.3%) | 258 (66.7%) | 244 (67.2%) | 152 (73.8%) | 53 (73.6%) | 1122 (60.9%) |
| Median duration [range]** | 1 [0–8] | 0 [0–15] | 1 [0–10] | 1 [0–9] | 1 [0–63] | 1 [0–6] | 1 [0–10] | 1 [0–63] |
| Frequency per day | 1 [0–15] | 0 [0–15] | 1 [0–20] | 1 {0–15] | 1 [0–20] | 1 [0–30] | 2 [0–18] | 1 [0–30] |
| Severity score | ||||||||
| Mean | 11.3 | 9.7 | 9.2 | 10.6 | 10.9 | 11.5 | 12.3 | 10.4 |
| Score ≥12 (%) | 33 (45.2%) | 112 (34.6%) | 115 (27.6%) | 157 (40.6%) | 158 (43.0%) | 114 (54.9%) | 43 (58.3%) | 732 (39.6%) |
| Rotavirus ELISA positive (%) | 18 (24.7%) | 30 (9.3%) | 77 (18.5%) | 41 (10.6%) | 43 (11.8%) | 8 (3.9%) | 14 (19.4%) | 231 (12.5%) |
*Only includes children with vaccination cards; **in days.