Table 1.
The Distribution of Ear Infection in Relation to Age, Sex, Ward, and Diagnosis Year of Patients at the UoGCSH from Jan 2013 to Dec 2018
| Variables | Frequency | Culture Result | Chi-Square | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | ||||
| Age group | < 5 | 105 (28.45) | 77 (73.3) | 28 (26.7) | 0.538 |
| 5–14 | 74 (20.05) | 57 (77.0) | 17 (23.0) | ||
| 15–24 | 80 (21.68) | 64 (80.0) | 16 (20.0) | ||
| 25–34 | 67 (18.16) | 56 (83.6) | 11 (16.4) | ||
| 35–44 | 18 (4.87) | 12 (66.7) | 6 (33.3) | ||
| 45–54 | 10 (2.71) | 7 (66.7) | 3 (33.3) | ||
| > 54 | 15 (4.07) | 10 (66.7) | 5 (33.3) | ||
| Sex | Male | 233 (63.1) | 177 (76.0) | 56 (24.0) | 0.703 |
| Female | 136 (36.9) | 106 (80.0) | 30 (20.0) | ||
| Ward | OPD | 282 (76.4) | 215 (76.2) | 67 (23.8) | 0.773 |
| IPD | 87 (23.6) | 68 (78.2) | 19 (21.8) | ||
| Diagnosis year | 2013 | 122 (33.1) | 105 (86.1) | 17 (13.9) | 0.007 |
| 2014 | 93 (25.2) | 68 (73.1) | 25 (26.9) | ||
| 2015 | 67 (18.2) | 45 (67.2) | 22 (32.8) | ||
| 2016 | 34 (9.2) | 30 (88.2) | 4 (11.8) | ||
| 2017 | 24 (6.5) | 16 (66.7) | 8 (33.3) | ||
| 2018 | 29 (7.85) | 19 (65.5) | 10 (34.5) | ||
| Total | 369 (100) | 283 (76.7) | 86 (23.3) | ||