Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the enrolled population diagnosed with heat stroke (HS) and heat exhaustion (HE) in the 2019 Hajj (n = 98).
| Variable | HE (n%) |
HS (n%) |
Total (n%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (n = 85) | <30 | 2 (4.5%) | 0 | 2 (2.4%) |
| 30–44 | 8 (18.2%) | 5 (12.2%) | 13 (15.3%) | |
| 45–59 | 11 (25%) | 12 (29.3) | 23 (27.1%) | |
| ≥60 | 23 (52.3%) | 24 (58.5%) | 47 (55.3%) | |
| Gender (n = 97) | Male | 25 (52.1%) | 23 (46.9%) | 48 (49.5%) |
| Female | 23 (47.9%) | 26 (53.1%) | 49 (50.5%) | |
| Residency (n = 87) | Within Saudi Arabia | 5 (11.1%) | 1 (2.4%) | 6 (6.9%) |
| Outside Saudi Arabia | 40 (88.9%) | 41 (97.6%) | 81 (93.1%) | |
| Nationality (n = 96) | African Region | 3 (6.3%) | 10 (20.8%) | 13 (13.5%) |
| Eastern-Mediterranean Region | 30 (62.5%) | 15 (31.3%) | 45 (46.9%) | |
| European Region | 1 (2.1%) | 3 (6.3%) | 4 (4.2%) | |
| Region of Americas | 1 (2.1%) | 2 (4.2%) | 3 (3.1%) | |
| South-East Asia Region | 12 (25%) | 18 (37.5%) | 30 (31.3%) | |
| Western-Pacific Region | 1 (2.1%) | 0 | 1 (1.0%) | |
HS: heat stroke; HE: heat exhaustion.