Table 4. Concordance of recorded and reclassified severity of disease, recorded antibiotic treatment and death while on treatment for children greater than 2 months of age in children treated for pneumonia in district hospitals in Malawi, 2000–2003.

Classification		Antibiotic	Total		Died
Recorded	Reclassified	Chloramphenicol			No		Yes
on admission		prescribed on admission	n =	%	n =	%	n =	%
All			14,047	100.0	12,599	89.7	1,448	10.3
Severe	Severe	no	6,865	100.0	6,570	95.7	295	4.3
Severe	Severe	yes	183	100.0	154	84.2	29	15.8
Severe	Very severe	no	2,794	100.0	2,647	94.7	147	5.3
Severe	Very severe	yes	127	100.0	95	74.8	32	25.2
Very severe	Severe	no	86	100.0	72	83.7	14	16.3
Very severe	Severe	yes	1,558	100.0	1,145	73.5	413	26.5
Very severe	Very severe	no	96	100.0	77	80.2	19	19.8
Very severe	Very severe	yes	2,338	100.0	1,839	78.7	499	21.3