Table 3.
Demographic and Site Characteristics of Those Undergoing Operations for Infection at Médecins Sans Frontières Operations Centre Brussels Projects from 2008–2014
| Surgical infections | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All operations | All surgical infections | Skin and soft tissue | Intra-abdominal | Tropical | Orthopedic | |||||||
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
| Age | ||||||||||||
| <1 y | 905 | (1) | 282 | (4) | 264 | (5) | 14 | (1) | 1 | (0) | 3 | (1) |
| 1–12 y | 9,776 | (16) | 1,769 | (23) | 1,265 | (25) | 287 | (14) | 69 | (27) | 148 | (30) |
| 13–17 y | 4,033 | (7) | 848 | (11) | 442 | (9) | 281 | (14) | 40 | (16) | 85 | (17) |
| 18–50 y | 40,011 | (65) | 3,769 | (49) | 2,224 | (45) | 1,273 | (63) | 116 | (45) | 156 | (32) |
| ≥50 y | 6,424 | (11) | 1,092 | (13) | 797 | (16) | 164 | (8) | 30 | (12) | 101 | (20) |
| Gender | ||||||||||||
| Male | 26,490 | (43) | 4,240 | (55) | 2,648 | (53) | 1,158 | (57) | 132 | (52) | 302 | (61) |
| Female | 34,666 | (57) | 3,520 | (45) | 2,344 | (47) | 861 | (43) | 124 | (48) | 191 | (39) |
| Mission type | ||||||||||||
| Natural disaster | 4,675 | (8) | 895 | (12) | 749 | (15) | 78 | (4) | 34 | (13) | 34 | (7) |
| Hospital support | 32,193 | (53) | 3,594 | (46) | 1,741 | (35) | 1,617 | (80) | 83 | (32) | 153 | (31) |
| Conflict | 23,923 | (39) | 3,273 | (42) | 2,504 | (50) | 324 | (16) | 139 | (54) | 306 | (62) |
| Total operations | 61,177 | (100) | 7,762 | (100) | 4,994 | (64) | 2,019 | (26) | 256 | (3) | 493 | (6) |