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. 2021 Oct 14;11(4):410–415. doi: 10.1016/j.afjem.2021.07.003

Table 1.

Mean visits per day by diagnosis, disaggregated by age.

Diagnosis 0–28 days 1 month–12 months 1 year–4 years 5 years–9 years 10 years–14 years Total
Asthma 0 (0%) 0.7 (2%) 6.3 (7%) 4.7 (11%) 3 (14%) 14.7 (8%)
Bronchiolitis 0 (0%) 3 (9%) 0.2 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 3.2 (2%)
Pneumonia 0 (0%) 2 (6%) 7.4 (9%) 3 (7%) 1.5 (7%) 13.9 (7%)
URI 0.6 (15%) 14 (43%) 41.6 (48%) 19.3 (46%) 7.5 (36%) 83.0 (45%)
Gastroenteritis 0.1 (2%) 4.1 (2%) 8.4 (10%) 3.1 (7%) 1.3 (6%) 17.0 (9%)
Malaria 0 (0%) 0.1 (0%) 0.6 (1%) 0.5 (1%) 0.4 (2%) 1.6 (1%)
Dermatologic 0.2 (5%) 3.2 (10%) 6.7 (8%) 3.1 (7%) 1.1 (5%) 14.3 (8%)
Trauma 0 (0%) 0.2 (1%) 1.1 (1%) 0.8 (2%) 0.5 (2%) 2.6 (1%)
Other surgical 0.1 (2%) 0.8 (2%) 1.3 (2%) 0.8 (2%) 0.6 (3%) 3.6 (2%)
Neurologic 0.1 (2%) 0.4 (1%) 0.9 (1%) 0.4 (1%) 0.4 (2%) 2.2 (1%)
Neonatal 2.6 (63%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2.6 (1%)
Other 0.4 (10%) 4.4 (13%) 11.3 (13%) 6.6 (16%) 4.4 (21%) 27.1 (15%)
Total mean visits per day 4.1 (100%) 32.9 (100%) 85.8 (100%) 42.3 (100%) 20.7 (100%) 185.8 (100%)

URI, upper respiratory infection.