Table 5.

Distribution of clinical symptoms and signs by age group for all suspected cholera cases (N = 9,230)

	Watery stool	10+ stools in 24 hours	Vomiting	Dehydration	Rice water stools	Nausea	Dry mucous membra-nes	Abdominal pain	Leg cramp	Mucous stool	Altered conscious-ness	Difficulty breathing	Coma	Bloody stool
Age < 5 years	1,357	508	1,171	1,193	1,004	874	633	500	391	83	52	44	18	3
Percentage	92.1	38.6	83.5	85.6	69.2	75.3	50.7	39.2	31.3	5.8	4.0	3.4	1.4	0.2
Age ≥ 5 years	6,523	2,060	5,767	5,098	4,465	3,960	3,003	3,419	3,323	374	301	214	63	45
Percentage	91.1	35.4	87.0	77.4	64.6	71.4	57.7	55.4	55.6	5.5	5.3	3.7	1.1	0.7
P value	0.185	0.028	0.001	< 0.001	0.001	0.007	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.705	0.064	0.541	0.372	0.041