Table 2.

Illness reported by age group in community members enrolled in a survey of healthcare utilisation, Msunduzi municipality, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 2013^*

Age group (years)	Total responding, N	Pneumonia, n (%; 95% CI)	ILI, n (%; 95% CI)	Tuberculosis/chronic respiratory illness, n (%; 95% CI)	Meningitis, n (%; 95% CI)
<5	683	7 (1.0; 0.5 – 2.0)	55 (8.1; 6.2 – 10.6)	3 (0.4; 0.1 – 1.3)	0
5 – 14	2 000	7 (0.4; 0.1 – 0.7)	100 (5.0; 4.0 – 6.1)	3 (0.2; 0.04 – 0.4)	1 (0.1; 0.07 – 0.4)
15 – 24	2 244	4 (0.2; 0.07 – 0.6)	86 (3.8; 3.1 – 4.7)	10 (0.4; 0.2 – 0.8)	4 (0.2; 0.07 – 0.5)
25 – 44	2 904	12 (0.4; 0.2 – 0.7)	125 (4.3; 3.5 – 5.1)	30 (1.0; 0.7 – 1.5)	15 (0.5; 0.3 – 0.8)
45 – 64	1 403	16 (1.1; 0.7 – 1.8)	85 (6.1; 4.9 – 7.5)	17 (1.2) (0.7 – 2.0)	11 (0.8; 0.4 – 1.4)
≥65	499	4 (0.8; 0.3 – 2.1)	29 (5.8; 4.0 – 8.4)	3 (0.6; 0.2 – 1.8)	8 (1.6; 0.8 – 3.2)
Total	9 733	50 (0.5; 0.4 – 0.7)	480 (4.9; 4.5 – 5.4)	66 (0.7; 0.5 – 0.9)	39 (0.4; 0.3 – 0.5)

CI = confidence interval; ILI = influenza-like illness.

^*Time period for pneumonia, tuberculosis/chronic respiratory illness and meningitis – within the past year; ILI – within the past 30 days.