TABLE 1.

Rotavirus Laboratory Results by Patient Characteristics and by Surveillance Sites

	Beijing Municipality (n = 1168)			Gansu Province (n = 771)
	RV neg.	RV pos.	RV pos. (%)	RV neg.	RV pos.	RV pos. (%)	P Value
Total	897	271	23.2	460	311	40.3	<0.001
Setting type
Inpatient	343	138	28.7	297	245	45.2	<0.001
Outpatient	554	133	19.4	163	66	28.8	0.003
Age group (mo)
0–2	72	7	8.9	28	21	42.9	<0.001
3–5	144	11	7.1	104	45	30.2	<0.001
6–11	360	110	23.4	214	172	44.6	<0.001
12–17	138	92	40.0	69	51	42.5	0.652
18–23	81	23	22.1	29	13	31.0	0.262
24–35	48	14	25.8	9	6	27.3	0.924
36–47	33	7	17.5	4	1	20.0	1.000
48–59	21	7	25.0	3	2	40.0	0.597
Gender
Male	557	161	22.4	291	199	40.6	<0.001
Female	340	110	24.4	169	112	39.9	<0.001
Registration type
Urban	625	164	20.8	147	99	40.2	<0.001
Rural	272	107	28.2	313	212	40.4	<0.001
Insurance
Yes	160	62	27.9	172	105	37.9	0.019
No	737	209	22.1	288	206	41.7	<0.001
Rotavirus vaccination
Yes	13	5	27.8	21	9	30.0	0.870
No	884	266	23.1	439	302	40.8	<0.001

RV indicates Rotavirus.