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. 2017 Apr 5;17:99. doi: 10.1186/s12887-017-0850-8

Table 2.

Available data by risk factor and hospital

A B C D E F G H I J K L All hospitals
Observations available 4757 1853 3517 2445 1982 2440 1881 2146 4175 2209 3066 3270 33,741
Routine health information system variables
Age group
2 _6 months 964 (20·3) 386 (20·8) 771 (21·9) 583 (23·8) 247 (12·5) 427 (17·5) 253 (13·5) 243 (11·3) 478 (11·4) 195 (8·8) 343 (11·2) 457 (14·0) 5347 (15·8)
7 _11 months 1279 (26·9) 488 (26·3) 859 (24·4) 645 (26·4) 474 (23·9) 634 (26·0) 386 (20·5) 340 (15·8) 575 (13·8) 286 (12·9) 472 (15·4) 679 (20·8) 7117 (21·1)
12_59 months 2514 (52·8) 979 (52·8) 1887 (53·7) 1217 (49·8) 1261 (63·6) 1379 (56·5) 1242 (66·0) 1563 (72·8) 3122 (74·8) 1728 (78·2) 2251 (73·4) 2134 (65·3) 21,277 (63·1)
Child sex
Female 2103 (44·2) 763 (41·2) 1563 (44·4) 1083 (44·3) 849 (42·8) 1001 (41·0) 839 (44·6) 939 (43·8) 1912 (45·8) 932 (42·2) 1355 (44·2) 1501 (45·9) 14,840 (44·0)
Male 2650 (55·7) 1060 (57·2) 1926 (54·8) 1344 (55·0) 1124 (56·7) 1437 (58·9) 981 (52·2) 1186 (55·3) 2194 (52·6) 1204 (54·5) 1701 (55·5) 1766 (54·0) 18,573 (55·0)
Missing 4 (0·1) 30 (1·6) 28 (0·8) 18 (0·7) 9 (0·5) 2 (0·1) 61 (3·2) 21 (1·0) 69 (1·7) 73 (3·3) 10 (0·3) 3 (0·1) 328 (1·0)
WAZ score
0 or > = 1 SD 1852 (38·9) 702 (37·9) 1262 (35·9) 827 (33·8) 1014 (51·2) 1052 (43·1) 1061 (56·4) 1100 (51·3) 2281 (54·6) 1217 (55·1) 1517 (49·5) 1916 (58·6) 15,801 (46·8)
minus 1 SD 1120 (23·5) 415 (22·4) 630 (17·9) 483 (19·8) 430 (21·7) 534 (21·9) 406 (21·6) 332 (15·5) 697 (16·7) 334 (15·1) 482 (15·7) 619 (18·9) 6482 (19·2)
minus 2 SD 759 (16·0) 255 (13·8) 488 (13·9) 388 (15·9) 274 (13·8) 331 (13·6) 196 (10·4) 176 (8·2) 384 (9·2) 171 (7·7) 272 (8·9) 304 (9·3) 3998 (11·8)
minus 3 SD 859 (18·1) 264 (14·2) 611 (17·4) 625 (25·6) 231 (11·7) 414 (17·0) 207 (11·0) 139 (6·5) 326 (7·8) 146 (6·6) 272 (8·9) 254 (7·8) 4348 (12·9)
Missing 167 (3·5) 217 (11·7) 526 (15·0) 122 (5·0) 33 (1·7) 109 (4·5) 11 (0·6) 399 (18·6) 487 (11·7) 341 (15·4) 523 (17·1) 177 (5·4) 3112 (9·2)
Number of comorbidities
0 1800 (37·8) 910 (49·1) 1695 (48·2) 997 (40·8) 1035 (52·2) 824 (33·8) 1042 (55·4) 819 (38·2) 657 (15·7) 968 (43·8) 1131 (36·9) 868 (26·5) 12,746 (37·8)
1 1776 (37·3) 657 (35·5) 1187 (33·8) 816 (33·4) 640 (32·3) 858 (35·2) 582 (30·9) 782 (36·4) 1665 (39·9) 849 (38·4) 1013 (33·0) 1286 (39·3) 12,111 (35·9)
2 876 (18·4) 232 (12·5) 471 (13·4) 433 (17·7) 228 (11·5) 497 (20·4) 201 (10·7) 396 (18·5) 1252 (30·0) 298 (13·5) 610 (19·9) 693 (21·2) 6187 (18·3)
> = 3 305 (6·4) 54 (2·9) 164 (4·7) 199 (8·1) 79 (4·0) 261 (10·7) 56 (3·0) 149 (6·9) 601 (14·4) 94 (4·3) 312 (10·2) 423 (12·9) 2697 (8·0)
Mortality
Alive 4535 (95·3) 1744 (94·1) 3227 (91·8) 2182 (89·2) 1932 (97·5) 2326 (95·3) 1838 (97·7) 2007 (93·5) 3901 (93·4) 2098 (95·0) 2854 (93·1) 3060 (93·6) 31,704 (94·0)
Dead 222 (4·7) 109 (5·9) 290 (8·2) 263 (10·8) 50 (2·5) 114 (4·7) 43 (2·3) 139 (6·5) 274 (6·6) 111 (5·0) 212 (6·9) 210 (6·4) 2037 (6·0)
Comprehensive dataset - Signs and symptoms
Observations available 2081 1685 1989 2217 1774 2215 1726 1767 3812 1729 2454 2875 26,324
History of fever
Missing 25 (1·2) 71 (4·2) 78 (3·9) 62 (2·8) 45 (2·5) 57 (2·6) 38 (2·2) 220 (12·5) 269 (7·1) 99 (5·7) 84 (3·4) 25 (0·9) 1073(4·1)
No 508 (24·4) 440 (26·1) 405 (20·4) 474 (21·4) 533 (30·0) 567 (25·6) 552 (32·0) 148 (8·4) 374 (9·8) 173 (10·0) 267 (10·9) 597 (20·8) 5038(19·1)
Yes 1548 (74·4) 1174 (69·7) 1506 (75·7) 1681 (75·8) 1196 (67·4) 1591 (71·8) 1136 (65·8) 1399 (79·2) 3169 (83·1) 1457 (84·3) 2103 (85·7) 2253 (78·4) 20,213(76·8)
History of diarrhoea
Missing 40 (1·9) 100 (5·9) 93 (4·7) 87 (3·9) 138 (7·8) 95 (4·3) 47 (2·7) 401 (22·7) 429 (11·3) 212 (12·3) 121 (4·9) 19 (0·7) 1782(6·8)
No 1083 (52·0) 1021 (60·6) 1051 (52·8) 1177 (53·1) 1174 (66·2) 1374 (62·0) 1243 (72·0) 718 (40·6) 2051 (53·8) 997 (57·7) 1430 (58·3) 1530 (53·2) 14,849(56·4)
Yes 958 (46·0) 564 (33·5) 845 (42·5) 953 (43·0) 462 (26·0) 746 (33·7) 436 (25·3) 648 (36·7) 1332 (34·9) 520 (30·1) 903 (36·8) 1326 (46·1) 9693(36·8)
History of convulsions
Missing 60 (2·9) 118 (7·0) 104 (5·2) 120 (5·4) 133 (7·5) 156 (7·0) 52 (3·0) 429 (24·3) 452 (11·9) 215 (12·4) 170 (6·9) 49 (1·7) 2058(7·8)
No 1728 (83·0) 1199 (71·2) 1569 (78·9) 1770 (79·8) 1268 (71·5) 1637 (73·9) 1317 (76·3) 955 (54·0) 2332 (61·2) 841 (48·6) 1653 (67·4) 2332 (81·1) 18,601(70·7)
Yes 293 (14·1) 368 (21·8) 316 (15·9) 327 (14·7) 373 (21·0) 422 (19·1) 357 (20·7) 383 (21·7) 1028 (27·0) 673 (38·9) 631 (25·7) 494 (17·2) 5665(21·5)
History of vomiting every thing
Missing 47 (2·3) 53 (3·4) 17 (0·9) 45 (2·1) 15 (0·9) 77 (3·6) 23 (1·4) 354 (24·9) 335 (9·6) 244 (15·6) 69 (3·0) 34 (1·2) 1313(5·3)
No 1602 (78·4) 1165 (73·8) 1426 (75·3) 1513 (71·6) 1266 (77·0) 1691 (79·7) 1389 (82·3) 765 (53·7) 2074 (59·4) 904 (57·9) 1538 (65·9) 2221 (77·7) 17,554(70·9)
Yes 395 (19·3) 361 (22·9) 452 (23·9) 555 (26·3) 363 (22·1) 353 (16·6) 275 (16·3) 305 (21·4) 1083 (31·0) 414 (26·5) 727 (31·1) 602 (21·1) 5885(23·8)
Indrawing
Missing 46 (2·2) 64 (3·8) 80 (4·0) 107 (4·8) 62 (3·5) 89 (4·0) 25 (1·4) 724 (41·0) 885 (23·2) 541 (31·3) 149 (6·1) 115 (4·0) 2887(11·0)
No 1306 (62·8) 993 (58·9) 1124 (56·5) 1129 (50·9) 937 (52·8) 1211 (54·7) 1334 (77·3) 873 (49·4) 2527 (66·3) 936 (54·1) 1904 (77·6) 2065 (71·8) 16,339(62·1)
Yes 729 (35·0) 628 (37·3) 784 (39·4) 981 (44·2) 775 (43·7) 915 (41·3) 367 (21·3) 170 (9·6) 400 (10·5) 252 (14·6) 401 (16·3) 695 (24·2) 7097(27·0)
Pallor
Missing 50 (2·4) 127 (7·5) 113 (5·7) 117 (5·3) 152 (8·6) 91 (4·1) 67 (3·9) 211 (11·9) 207 (5·4) 110 (6·4) 131 (5·3) 73 (2·5) 1449(5·5)
None 1834 (88·1) 1436 (85·2) 1716 (86·3) 1617 (72·9) 1572 (88·6) 1929 (87·1) 1615 (93·6) 1030 (58·3) 2523 (66·2) 1263 (73·0) 1561 (63·6) 2510 (87·3) 20,606(78·3)
Some/severe 197 (9·5) 122 (7·2) 160 (8·0) 483 (21·8) 50 (2·8) 195 (8·8) 44 (2·5) 526 (29·8) 1082 (28·4) 356 (20·6) 762 (31·1) 292 (10·2) 4269(16·2)
Central cyanosis
Missing 62 (3·0) 71 (4·2) 82 (4·1) 74 (3·3) 66 (3·7) 90 (4·1) 24 (1·4) 357 (20·2) 255 (6·7) 199 (11·5) 117 (4·8) 38 (1·3) 1435(5·5)
No 2015 (96·8) 1606 (95·3) 1890 (95·1) 2118 (95·5) 1684 (94·9) 2111 (95·3) 1695 (98·2) 1406 (79·6) 3537 (92·8) 1523 (88·1) 2324 (94·7) 2803 (97·5) 24,712(93·9)
Yes 4 (0·2) 8 (0·5) 16 (0·8) 25 (1·1) 24 (1·4) 14 (0·6) 7 (0·4) 4 (0·2) 20 (0·5) 7 (0·4) 13 (0·5) 34 (1·2) 176(0·7)
AVPU
Missing 82 (3·9) 128 (7·6) 97 (4·9) 135 (6·1) 76 (4·3) 96 (4·3) 41 (2·4) 317 (18·0) 241 (6·3) 393 (22·8) 160 (6·5) 67 (2·3) 1833(7·0)
Alert 1901 (91·4) 1449 (86·1) 1693 (85·2) 1932 (87·1) 1643 (92·8) 2021 (91·6) 1640 (95·0) 1359 (77·0) 3358 (88·1) 1171 (67·9) 2074 (84·5) 2640 (91·8) 22,881(87·0)
Not alert 96 (4·6) 106 (6·3) 196 (9·9) 150 (6·8) 51 (2·9) 90 (4·1) 45 (2·6) 90 (5·1) 212 (5·6) 161 (9·3) 219 (8·9) 168 (5·8) 1584(6·0)
Ability to drink
Missing 162 (7·8) 175 (10·4) 102 (5·1) 190 (8·6) 112 (6·3) 219 (9·9) 92 (5·3) 867 (49·1) 1043 (27·4) 639 (37·0) 258 (10·5) 241 (8·4) 4100(15·6)
No 241 (11·6) 225 (13·4) 468 (23·5) 542 (24·4) 405 (22·8) 217 (9·8) 160 (9·3) 171 (9·7) 206 (5·4) 260 (15·0) 422 (17·2) 307 (10·7) 3624(13·8)
Yes 1678 (80·6) 1285 (76·3) 1419 (71·3) 1485 (67·0) 1257 (70·9) 1779 (80·3) 1474 (85·4) 729 (41·3) 2563 (67·2) 830 (48·0) 1774 (72·3) 2327 (80·9) 18,600(70·7)
Stiff neck
Missing 134 (6·4) 157 (9·3) 114 (5·7) 96 (4·3) 105 (5·9) 109 (4·9) 62 (3·6) 317 (17·9) 367 (9·6) 464 (26·8) 214 (8·7) 47 (1·6) 2186(8·3)
No/soft 1911 (91·8) 1471 (87·3) 1811 (91·1) 1992 (89·9) 1640 (92·4) 2050 (92·6) 1636 (94·8) 1431 (81·0) 3399 (89·2) 1236 (71·5) 2203 (89·8) 2770 (96·3) 23,550(89·5)
Yes 36 (1·7) 57 (3·4) 64 (3·2) 129 (5·8) 29 (1·6) 56 (2·5) 28 (1·6) 19 (1·1) 46 (1·2) 29 (1·7) 37 (1·5) 58 (2·0) 588(2·2)
Skin pinch
Missing 165 (7·9) 263 (15·6) 110 (5·5) 250 (11·3) 191 (10·8) 232 (10·5) 94 (5·4) 867 (49·1) 1125 (29·5) 654 (37·8) 345 (14·1) 233 (8·1) 4529(17·2)
Immediate 1568 (75·3) 1087 (64·5) 1657 (83·3) 1281 (57·8) 1260 (71·0) 1620 (73·1) 1461 (84·6) 609 (34·5) 1953 (51·2) 777 (44·9) 1566 (63·8) 2080 (72·3) 16,919(64·3)
1–2 s 232 (11·1) 237 (14·1) 186 (9·4) 442 (19·9) 279 (15·7) 286 (12·9) 132 (7·6) 203 (11·5) 595 (15·6) 229 (13·2) 445 (18·1) 398 (13·8) 3664(13·9)
more than or equal to 2 s 116 (5·6) 98 (5·8) 36 (1·8) 244 (11·0) 44 (2·5) 77 (3·5) 39 (2·3) 88 (5·0) 139 (3·6) 69 (4·0) 98 (4·0) 164 (5·7) 1212(4·6)
Capillary refill time
Missing 271 (13·0) 268 (15·9) 140 (7·0) 377 (17·0) 496 (28·0) 234 (10·6) 517 (30·0) 1149 (65·0) 1738 (45·6) 710 (41·1) 601 (24·5) 283 (9·9) 6784(25·8)
<=2 scs 1697 (81·6) 1196 (71·0) 1765 (88·7) 1648 (74·4) 567 (32·0) 1670 (75·4) 1196 (69·3) 494 (28·0) 1917 (50·3) 896 (51·9) 1684 (68·6) 2276 (80·0) 17,006(64·7)
> = 2 s 108 (5·2) 128 (7·6) 83 (4·2) 185 (8·3) 19 (1·1) 150 (6·8) 11 (0·6) 112 (6·3) 111 (2·9) 96 (5·6) 161 (6·6) 279 (9·8) 1443(5·5)
Indeterminate 4 (0·2) 93 (5·5) 1 (0·1) 6 (0·3) 692 (39·0) 161 (7·3) 2 (0·1) 12 (0·7) 46 (1·2) 26 (1·5) 8 (0·3) 7 (0·2) 1058(4·0)
Sunken eyes
Missing 474 (22·8) 490 (29·1) 148 (7·4) 329 (14·8) 126 (7·1) 236 (10·7) 49 (2·8) 771 (43·6) 1012 (26·5) 615 (35·6) 221 (9·0) 159 (5·5) 4630(17·6)
No 1303 (62·6) 947 (56·2) 1662 (83·6) 1408 (63·5) 1374 (77·5) 1687 (76·2) 1493 (86·5) 724 (41·0) 2289 (60·0) 989 (57·2) 1885 (76·8) 2155 (75·0) 17,916(68·1)
Yes 304 (14·6) 248 (14·7) 179 (9·0) 480 (21·7) 274 (15·4) 292 (13·2) 184 (10·7) 272 (15·4) 511 (13·4) 125 (7·2) 348 (14·2) 561 (19·5) 3778(14·4)
Jaundice
Missing 27 (1·3) 72 (4·3) 95 (4·8) 73 (3·3) 122 (6·9) 64 (2·9) 33 (1·9) 215 (12·2) 131 (3·4) 96 (5·6) 100 (4·1) 34 (1·2) 1062(4·0)
none 2044 (98·2) 1593 (94·5) 1881 (94·6) 2102 (94·8) 1645 (92·7) 2136 (96·4) 1679 (97·3) 1486 (84·1) 3557 (93·3) 1593 (92·1) 2171 (88·5) 2802 (97·5) 24,689(93·8)
Moderate/severe 10 (0·5) 20 (1·2) 12 (0·6) 42 (1·9) 7 (0·4) 15 (0·7) 14 (0·8) 66 (3·7) 124 (3·3) 40 (2·3) 183 (7·5) 39 (1·4) 572(2·2)
Severe wasting
Missing 155 (7·4) 149 (8·8) 106 (5·3) 201 (9·1) 123 (6·9) 271 (12·2) 43 (2·5) 856 (48·4) 1180 (31·0) 639 (37·0) 195 (7·9) 221 (7·7) 4139(15·7)
No 1804 (86·7) 1455 (86·4) 1782 (89·6) 1686 (76·0) 1609 (90·7) 1781 (80·4) 1622 (94·0) 856 (48·4) 2542 (66·7) 1042 (60·3) 2141 (87·2) 2555 (88·9) 20,875(79·3)
Yes 122 (5·9) 81 (4·8) 100 (5·0) 330 (14·9) 42 (2·4) 163 (7·4) 61 (3·5) 55 (3·1) 90 (2·4) 48 (2·8) 118 (4·8) 99 (3·4) 1309(5·0)
Oedema of malnutrition
Missing 128 (6·2) 108 (6·4) 98 (4·9) 178 (8·0) 139 (7·8) 201 (9·1) 44 (2·5) 533 (30·2) 408 (10·7) 296 (17·1) 207 (8·4) 45 (1·6) 2385(9·1)
none 1924 (92·5) 1538 (91·3) 1863 (93·7) 1895 (85·5) 1624 (91·5) 1980 (89·4) 1672 (96·9) 1207 (68·3) 3350 (87·9) 1416 (81·9) 2097 (85·5) 2765 (96·2) 23,331(88·6)
Moderate/severe 29 (1·4) 38 (2·3) 27 (1·4) 144 (6·5) 11 (0·6) 34 (1·5) 10 (0·6) 27 (1·5) 54 (1·4) 17 (1·0) 150 (6·1) 65 (2·3) 606(2·3)
Auxilliary variables for multiple imputation
PAR
PAR used 815 (60·4) 855 (80·0) 745 (68·0) 939 (68·3) 1088 (98·0) 1419 (98·1) 1130 (99·4) 669 (68·1) 2053 (89·7) 911 (91·5) 1136 (82·3) 1373 (85·7) 13,133(83·0)
PAR present not used 535 (39·6) 206 (19·3) 351 (32·0) 336 (24·4) 7 (0·6) 5 (0·3) 3 (0·3) 1 (0·1) 151 (6·6) 70 (7·0) 169 (12·2) 162 (10·1) 1996(12·6)
No PAR 0 (0·0) 8 (0·7) 0 (0·0) 100 (7·3) 15 (1·4) 22 (1·5) 4 (0·4) 312 (31·8) 84 (3·7) 15 (1·5) 75 (5·4) 68 (4·2) 703(4·4)
History of cough
Missing 28 (1·3) 73 (4·3) 87 (4·4) 74 (3·3) 52 (2·9) 73 (3·3) 42 (2·4) 452 (25·6) 553 (14·5) 217 (12·6) 121 (4·9) 23 (0·8) 1795(6·8)
No 736 (35·4) 630 (37·4) 737 (37·1) 617 (27·8) 583 (32·9) 717 (32·4) 681 (39·5) 516 (29·2) 1651 (43·3) 648 (37·5) 1045 (42·6) 1344 (46·7) 9905(37·6)
Yes 1317 (63·3) 982 (58·3) 1165 (58·6) 1526 (68·8) 1139 (64·2) 1425 (64·3) 1003 (58·1) 799 (45·2) 1608 (42·2) 864 (50·0) 1288 (52·5) 1508 (52·5) 14,624(55·6)
History of difficulty breathing
Missing 39 (1·9) 102 (6·1) 105 (5·3) 95 (4·3) 80 (4·5) 137 (6·2) 60 (3·5) 637 (36·0) 810 (21·2) 341 (19·7) 152 (6·2) 36 (1·3) 2594(9·9)
No 1191 (57·2) 867 (51·5) 1199 (60·3) 918 (41·4) 1065 (60·0) 1301 (58·7) 1164 (67·4) 855 (48·4) 2272 (59·6) 962 (55·6) 1737 (70·8) 2147 (74·7) 15,678(59·6)
Yes 851 (40·9) 716 (42·5) 685 (34·4) 1204 (54·3) 629 (35·5) 777 (35·1) 502 (29·1) 275 (15·6) 730 (19·2) 426 (24·6) 565 (23·0) 692 (24·1) 8052(30·6)

Variables included in the study stratified by routine health information system (RHIS) variables, comprehensive dataset (includes clinical risk factors) and auxiliary variables (included only in the imputation model). Data available and missing at hospital and overall are presented as numbers and proportions