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. 2021 Mar;31(2):311–320. doi: 10.4314/ejhs.v31i2.14

Table 2.

Medical characteristics of children at admission to JMC, Southwest Ethiopia, 2019 (N=481)

Medical characteristics Category Frequency (N, %)
Respiratory distress Yes 366(76.1)
No 115(23.9)
Inability to drink Yes 215(44.7)
No 266(55.3)
Vomiting of everything Yes 171(35.6)
No 310 (64.4)
Convulsion Yes 47(9.8)
No 434(90.2)
Lethargy /unconsciousness Yes 27 (5.6)
No 454(94.4)
Shock Yes 13 (2.7)
No 468 (97.3)
Severe acute malnutrition Yes 150(31.2)
No 331(68.8)