Table 1.
Characteristics of children with pneumonia by category of pneumonia
| Clinical pneumonia*(n=17 136) | Radiological pneumonia†(n=1920) | Pneumococcal pneumonia‡(n=265) | Hypoxic clinical pneumonia§(n=672) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | |||||
| 2–11 months | 7606 (44%) | 774 (40%) | 90 (34%) | 362 (54%) | |
| 12–23 months | 5223 (30%) | 588 (31%) | 74 (28%) | 189 (28%) | |
| 2–4 years | 4307 (25%) | 558 (29%) | 101 (38%) | 121 (18%) | |
| Male | 9676 (56%) | 1045 (54%) | 149 (56%) | 345 (51%) | |
| Weight-for-height Z score less than −3, age 2–59 months¶ | 2121 (12%) | 279 (15%) | 45 (17%) | 116 (17%) | |
| Treated as inpatient | 10 309 (60%) | 1599 (83%) | 243 (92%) | 643 (96%) | |
| Length of hospital stay, days | 3·5 (2·4) | 3·8 (2·3) | 4·8 (3·4) | 3·9 (2·9) | |
| Mortality | 379 (2%) | 47 (2%) | 27 (10%) | 81 (12%) | |
Data are n (%) or mean (SD). Patients were identified in Basse Health and Demographic Surveillance System between May 12, 2008, and Dec 31, 2015.
Defined as acute cough or shortness of breath with raised respiratory rate for age, inability to feed or sit, reduced conscious state, convulsions, lower chest wall indrawing, peripheral arterial oxygen saturation less than 93%, dull chest percussion note, or bronchial breathing on auscultation.
Defined in accordance with the WHO standard for childhood radiological pneumonia with consolidation.10
Defined as clinical pneumonia with isolation of Streptococcus pneumoniae from a normally sterile site.
Defined as clinical pneumonia with peripheral arterial O2 saturation less than 90% at presentation.
Defined with the 2006 WHO anthropometry standards.