Table 2.
Distribution and trend of admissions for respiratory infections according to sex (2002 to 2013 Monastir Tunisia).
| All (n = 6061) |
Males (n = 3631) |
Females (n = 2428) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | Slope (SE) | N (%) | Slope (SE) | N (%) | Slope (SE) | Sex-ratio | |
| Upper Respiratory Infections: Overall | 1436 (100) | −4.90 (0.14) ** | 761 (100) | −2.50 (0.10) | 675 (100) | −2.08 (0.13) ** | 1.12 |
| Otitis externa, Otitis media | 950 (66.2) | −2.67 (0.12) ** | 481 (63.2) | −1.43 (0.07) ** | 469 (69.48) | −1.14 (0.11) ** | 1.02 |
| Mastoiditis, Labyrinthitis | 60 (4.2) | −0.26 (0.01) ** | 30 (3.9) | −0.002(0.01) | 30 (4.44) | − 0.21 (0.01) ** | 1 |
| Pharyngitis, sinusitis, tonsillitis, flu | 111 (7.7) | −0.32 (0.04) ** | 67 (8.8) | −0.14 (0.04) ** | 44 (6.51) | −0.11 (0.03) ** | 1.52** |
| Phlegmonous Angina, Parapharyngeal abscess | 315 (21.9) | −1.65 (0.07) ** | 183 [24] | −0.93 (0.05) ** | 132 (19.55) | −0.62 (0.07) ** | 1.39 |
| Lower Respiratory Infections: Overall | 4625 (100) | 13.81 (0.61) ** | 2870 (100) | 9.92 (0.48) ** | 1753 (100) | 4.04 (0.38) ** | 1.64** |
| Pneumococcal Pneumonia (J13) | 823(17.8) | 17.32 (0.14) ** | 542 (18.9) | 12.1 (0.09) ** | 280 (16.0) | 6.5 (0.5) ** | 1.93** |
| Other Pneumonias (J14, J15, J16, J17,J18) | 1670(36.1) | −11.16 (0.11) ** | 1107(38.6) | −6.4 (0.06) ** | 653(37.2) | −5.78 (0.05) ** | 1.69** |
| Acute bronchitis (J20) | 137 (2.9) | 0.80 (0.07) ** | 72 (2.56) | 0.47 (0.05) ** | 65 (3.7) | 0.49 (0.06) ** | 1.11 |
| Acute bronchiolitis (J21) | 1652 (35.7) | 8.62(0.35) ** | 1022 (35.6) | 3.85 (0.27) ** | 630 (35.9) | 4.32 (0.33) ** | 1.62** |
| Unspecified Bronchitis (J40) | 301(6.5) | −0.59 (0.13) ** | 191(6.65) | −0.11 (0.11) | 110 (6.) | −0.08 (0.15) | 1.74** |
| Lung and Mediastinum Abscess (J85), pleural empyema (J86) | 42 (0.9) | 0.06 (0.01) ** | 26 (0.9) | −0.003 (0.010) | 15 (0.85) | −0.013 (0.014) | 1.73** |
*: p < 0.05; **: P ≤ 0.001, SE: Standard Error *; slope = b; p values calculated using the test of linear regression.