TABLE 1.
Demographic characteristics of adult samples undergoing urine culture and drug susceptibility test in Kathmandu, Nepal, May–October 2019 (n = 11,776)
| Characteristics | Inpatient | Outpatient | Total | |||
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| n | (%)* | n | (%)* | n | (%)* | |
| Total | 3,116 | (26.5) | 8,660 | (73.5) | 11,776 | (100.0) |
| Age, years | ||||||
| 18–29 | 1,312 | (42.1) | 2,751 | (31.8) | 4,063 | (34.5) |
| 30–44 | 853 | (27.4) | 2,322 | (26.8) | 3,175 | (27.0) |
| 45–59 | 419 | (13.4) | 1,511 | (17.4) | 1,930 | (16.4) |
| ⩾60 | 532 | (17.1) | 2,076 | (24.0) | 2,608 | (22.1) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 718 | (23.0) | 3,104 | (35.8) | 3,822 | (32.5) |
| Female | 2,397 | (76.9) | 5,498 | (63.5) | 7,895 | (67.0) |
| Not recorded | 1 | (0.0) | 58 | (0.7) | 60 | (0.5) |
| Department | ||||||
| Medicine | 154 | (4.9) | 17 | (0.2) | 171 | (1.5) |
| Surgery | 741 | (23.8) | 35 | (0.4) | 776 | (6.6) |
| Obstetrics/Gynaecology | 759 | (24.4) | 14 | (0.2) | 773 | (6.6) |
| Nephrology | 158 | (5.1) | 6 | (0.1) | 164 | (1.4) |
| Others† | 1,113 | (35.8) | 15 | (0.2) | 1,128 | (9.6) |
| Not recorded | 191 | (6.1) | 8,573 | (99.0) | 8,764 | (74.4) |
| Month of testing | ||||||
| May | 525 | (16.8) | 1,278 | (14.8) | 1,803 | (15.3) |
| June | 509 | (16.3) | 1,479 | (17.1) | 1,988 | (16.9) |
| July | 570 | (18.3) | 1,509 | (17.4) | 2,079 | (17.7) |
| August | 614 | (19.7) | 1,664 | (19.2) | 2,278 | (19.3) |
| September | 504 | (16.2) | 1,624 | (18.8) | 2,128 | (18.1) |
| October | 394 | (12.6) | 1,106 | (12.8) | 1,500 | (12.7) |
* Column percentage.
† Include Orthopaedics; Ear, Nose, Throat; Psychiatry; Burn Ward; Intensive Care Unit.