Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of cadavers aged ≥ 15 years by mortuary, HIV mortuary surveillance study, Nairobi, Kenya 2015 (n=610)
| City Mortuary | KNH† Mortuary | Total | Significance* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|||||||
| Selected characteristics | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | χ2 (degrees of freedom), p-value |
|
| |||||||
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 184 | (86.0) | 226 | (57.1) | 410 | (67.2) | χ2 (1) = 52.7, p<0.001 |
| Female | 30 | (14.0) | 170 | (42.9) | 200 | (32.8) | |
| Total | 214 | 396 | 610 | ||||
| Age in years | |||||||
| 15–24 | 36 | (16.8) | 26 | (6.6) | 62 | (10.2) | χ2 (5) = 64.3, p<0.001 |
| 25–34 | 75 | (35.0) | 79 | (19.9) | 154 | (25.2) | |
| 35–44 | 57 | (26.6) | 93 | (23.5) | 150 | (24.6) | |
| 45–54 | 30 | (14.0) | 72 | (18.2) | 102 | (16.7) | |
| 55–74 | 12 | (5.6) | 89 | (22.5) | 101 | (16.6) | |
| 75+ | 4 | (1.9) | 37 | (9.3) | 41 | (6.7) | |
| Total | 214 | 396 | 610 | ||||
| Median (IQR)‡ | 33.0 | (28.0–42.0) | 44.5 | (33.0–59.5) | 40.0 | (33.0–53.0) | |
| Medico-legal cases | |||||||
| Yes | 164 | (76.6) | n/a | n/a | 164 | (76.6) | n/a |
| No | 50 | (23.4) | n/a | n/a | 50 | (23.4) | |
| Total | 214 | n/a | n/a | 214 | |||
Notes:
*
chi-square test for independence between mortuary and sex or age.
†
KNH = Kenyatta National Hospital.
‡
IQR = Inter-quartile range.