Table 2.

Distribution of patients (number of cases) according to disease characteristics and treatment, by sex and age group, Somalia, 2020.

Variable	Females (n)				Males (n)
	Age (years)				Age (years)
	<40	40–59	≥60	<40	40–59	≥60
Symptoms and signs
Fever	9	13	17	13	19	54
Shortness of breath	8	15	16	14	20	52
Muscular pain	1	1	6	1	2	11
Chest pain	3	4	9	4	11	21
Abdominal pain	2	2	2	0	1	5
Joint pain	1	1	9	2	3	18
General weakness	3	4	10	3	6	24
Diarrhoea	1	1	1	0	2	5
Cough	9	15	16	14	19	52
Nausea/vomiting	2	3	0	0	1	6
Sore throat	4	6	8	5	9	26
Headache	4	5	12	7	12	30
Runny nose	0	0	0	0	0	4
Irritability symptoms	2	1	6	1	6	15
Clinical characteristics
Abnormal lung X-ray findings	7	13	17	14	20	54
Dyspnoea/tachypnoea	8	14	17	14	19	47
Abnormal lung auscultation	7	14	17	14	20	52
Comorbidities
Cardiovascular disease	0	6	8	0	10	29
Immunodeficiency, including HIV	0	0	0	1	0	1
Diabetes	1	9	10	2	9	21
Renal disease	1	1	1	0	1	2
Chronic lung disease	1	1	2	0	1	10
Treatment
Oxygen therapy	7	14	17	11	17	53
Non-invasive ventilation	1	1	5	0	3	20
Inotropes and vasopressors	0	1	3	0	4	20
Antibiotics	10	15	17	14	20	55
Total	10	15	17	14	20	55

HIV, human immunodeficiency virus.