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. 2021 Oct 21;7(10):e29954. doi: 10.2196/29954

Table 1.

Characteristics of participants in the antimicrobial resistance surveillance program from 10 surveillance sites from October 2015 to June 2020.

Characteristics Origin Total (N=19,216) P value

Community acquired (n=4411) Hospital acquired (n=1818) Unknown (n=12,987)

Value, mean (SD) 28.0 (18.6) 17.3 (20.9) 15.9 (19.0) 19.1 (19.8) N/Aa
Value, median (IQR) 26 (20.5) 8 (26) 6 (27) 13 (28) N/A
Age (years), n (%) <.001

<1 230 (5.21) 192 (10.56) 1753 (13.49) 2175 (11.32)

1-4 365 (8.27) 485 (26.68) 3003 (23.12) 3853 (20.05)

05-14 372 (8.43) 459 (25.25) 1600 (12.32) 2431 (12.65)

15-24 909 (20.61) 149 (8.19) 1042 (8.02) 2100 (10.92)

25-34 1083 (24.55) 168 (9.24) 1267 (9.76) 2518 (13.1)

35-44 572 (12.97) 120 (6.6) 748 (5.76) 1440 (7.49)

45-54 350 (7.93) 88 (4.84) 463 (3.56) 901 (4.69)

55-64 170 (3.85) 37 (2.04) 268 (2.06) 475 (2.47)

65-80 149 (3.38) 60 (3.3) 229 (1.76) 438 (2.28)

>81 52 (1.18) 30 (1.65) 51 (0.39) 133 (0.69)

Unknown 159 (3.6) 30 (1.65) 2563 (19.74) 2752 (14.32)
Sex, n (%) <.001

Female 2413 (54.72) 836 (45.98) 6191 (47.67) 9440 (49.13)

Male 1974 (44.75) 980 (53.91) 6752 (51.99) 9706 (50.51)

Unknown 24 (0.54) 2 (0.11) 44 (0.34) 70 (0.36)
Facility, n (%) <.001

Arua RRHb 1026 (23.26) 384 (21.12) 1049 (8.08) 2459 (12.79)

DMM MUSTc 480 (10.88) 35 (1.92) 2351 (18.13) 2866 (14.91)

Fort Portal RRH 390 (8.84) 270 (14.85) 99 (0.76) 759 (3.95)

Hoima RRH 7 (0.16) 2 (0.11) 164 (1.26) 173 (0.9)

Jinja RRH 88 (1.99) 336 (18.48) 4398 (33.86) 4822 (25.09)

Kabale RRH 699 (15.84) 106 (5.83) 2191 (16.87) 2996 (15.59)

Mbale RRH 653 (14.8) 163 (8.97) 692 (5.33) 1508 (7.85)

Mbarara RRH 392 (8.89) 277 (15.24) 132 (1.02) 801 (4.17)

Mubende RRH 312 (7.07) 153 (8.42) 1464 (11.27) 1929 (10.04)

Soroti RRH 364 (8.25) 92 (5.06) 447 (3.44) 903 (4.69)
Department, n (%) <.001

Inpatient 1186 (26.89) 1509 (83) 4527 (34.86) 7222 (37.58)

Outpatient 2850 (64.61) 181 (9.96) 3289 (25.32) 6320 (32.89)

Unknown 375 (8.5) 128 (7.04) 5171 (39.82) 5674 (29.53)

aN/A: not applicable.

bRRH: regional referral hospital.

cDMM MUST: Department of Medical Microbiology, Mbarara University of Science and Technology.