Table 2.
Demographic characteristics and reported symptoms of severe diarrhoea cases in the catchment area of six surveillance hospitals in Bangladesh, 2010–2011
| Characteristics | Admitted to surveillance hospitals (N=2172) % |
Not admitted to surveillance hospitals (N= 2299) % |
Total (N=4471) % |
P value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | 51 | 47 | 49 | <0·01 |
| Age group, years | ||||
| <5 | 40 | 24 | 32 | <0·001 |
| 5–15 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 0·12 |
| 16–60 | 44 | 57 | 50 | <0·001 |
| >60 | 6 | 10 | 8 | <0·001 |
| Reported symptoms during illness |
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| Fever | 58 | 58 | 58 | 0·95 |
| Vomiting | 83 | 80 | 82 | 0·13 |
| Unable to stay awake/ lethargy/drowsiness |
54 | 56 | 55 | 0·57 |
| Loss of consciousness | 18 | 17 | 17 | 0·5 |
| Small amount of urine | 54 | 57 | 56 | 0·23 |
| Sunken eyes | 90 | 89 | 89 | 0·8 |
| Death cases | 0·7 | 1·1 | 41 | 0·27 |
*
Cluster adjusted two-sample proportion test was applied to compare the characteristics between admitted and not admitted cases at surveillance hospitals.