Table I.

Treatment, duration and severity of acute gastrointestinal illness in Rigolet, Nunatsiavut, in September 2012 and May 2013

	Rigolet
	September and May combined
Treatment, duration and severity	All cases % (95% CI) Mean [range]	Mild cases % (95% CI) Mean [range]	Moderate cases % (95% CI) Mean [range]	Severe cases % (95% CI) Mean [range]
Age
0–19	24.2% (14.9–36.7%)	37.5% (19.8–59.4%)	64.3% (34.0–86.3%)	25.0% (11.0–47.4%)
20–55	56.5% (43.6–68.5%)	50.0% (29.7–70.3%)	35.7% (13.7–66.0%)	58.3% (36.9–77.1%)
Over 55	19.4% (11.2–31.5%)	12.5% (3.7–34.5%)	0%	16.7% (5.9–38.9%)
Sex
Male	43.5% (31.5–56.4%)	33.3% (16.7–55.5%)	42.9% (18.3–71.6%)	54.2% (33.2–73.7%)
Female	56.5% (43.6–68.5%)	66.7% (44.5–83.3%)	57.1% (28.4–81.7%)	45.8% (26.3–66.8%)
Indigenous identity
Non-Indigenous person	3.2% (0.8–12.4%)	8.3% (1.9–30.2%)	0%	0%
Indigenous person	96.8% (87.6–99.2%)	91.7% (69.8–98.1%)	100%	100%
Treatment
Over-the-counter medications	32.3% (21.6–45.2%)	16.7% (5.9–38.9%)	50.0% (23.2–76.8%)	37.5% (19.8–59.4%)
Prescribed medications	1.6% (0.2–11.1%)	0%	7.1% (0.7–44.1%)	0%
Traditional medications	0%	0%	0%	0%
Visited clinic or hospital	4.8% (1.5–14.4%)	0%	7.1% (0.7–44.1%)	8.3% (1.9–30.2%)
Severity
Mean number of diarrhoea on worst day	2.94 [1–6]	1.38 [1–2]	4.00 [1–16]	3.81 [1–6]
Mean number of times vomiting on worst day	2.15 [1–6]	1.00 [1–1]	3.00 [2–4]	2.38 [1–6]
Duration of illness
Mean duration of AGI illness (days)	2.30 [1–7]	1.00 [1–1]	1.00 [1–1]	3.17 [2–7]
Mean duration of diarrhoea symptoms (days)	1.63 [1–7]	1.00 [1–1]	1.00 [1–1]	2.89 [2–7]
Mean duration of vomiting symptoms (days)	1.8 [1–7]	1.00 [1–1]	1.00 [1–1]	2.33 [1–7]
Missed activities
Mean duration of missed usual activities (days)	0.33 [0–4]	0.04 [0–1]	0.21 [0–1]	0.67 [0–4]
Mean duration of missed work (days)	0.21 [0–4]	0.21 [0–2]	0.21 [0–1]	0.21 [0–4]
Mean duration of missed traditional activities (days)	0.16 [0–3]	0.04 [0–1]	0.00 [0–0]	0.38 [0–3]
Mean duration of missed work for caregiver (days)	0.16 [0–1]	0.04 [0–1]	0.00 [0–0]	0.00 [0–0]