Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of patients with suspected COVID-19 in selected hospitals of Bangladesh, June–August 2020
| Characteristics | Patients with suspected COVID-19 (N=2345) |
SARS-CoV-2 positive by rRT-PCR | ||
| Total positive (922) | Inpatient (57) n (%) |
Outpatient (865) n (%) |
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| Age (in years) | ||||
| Median (IQR) | 35 (26–48) | 38 (30–50) | 55 (45–69) | 38 (29–48) |
| Age subgroups | ||||
| 0–5 | 25 (1.11) | 6 (0.7) | 1 (1.7) | 5 (0.6) |
| 6–10 | 30 (1.3) | 11 (1.2) | 0 (0) | 11 (1.3) |
| 11–20 | 167 (7.1) | 42 (4.5) | 0 (0) | 42 (4.8) |
| 21–30 | 684 (29.1) | 228 (24.7) | 5 (8.7) | 223 (25.8) |
| 31–40 | 594 (25.3) | 246 (26.6) | 6 (10.5) | 240 (27.7) |
| 41–50 | 382 (16.3) | 182 (19.7) | 11 (19.3) | 171 (19.7) |
| 51–60 | 267 (11.4) | 125 (13.5) | 8 (14.0) | 117 (13.5) |
| 60+ | 196 (8.3) | 82 (8.8) | 26 (45.6) | 56 (6.5) |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 1590 (67.8) | 654 (70.9) | 38 (66.7) | 616 (71.2) |
| Female | 755 (32.2) | 268 (29.1) | 19 (33.3) | 249 (28.8) |
| Occupation | ||||
| HCW | 302 (12.9) | 83 (9.0) | 2 (3.5) | 81 (9.4) |
| Service | 946 (40.3) | 431 (46.8) | 7 (12.3) | 424 (49.0) |
| Business | 154 (6.6) | 82 (8.9) | 6 (10.5) | 76 (8.8) |
| Student | 223 (9.5) | 68 (7.4) | 0 (0) | 68 (7.9) |
| Dependent | 215 (9.1) | 73 (7.9) | 22 (38.6) | 51 (5.9) |
| Unemployed | 145 (6.1) | 64 (6.9) | 9 (15.8) | 55 (6.3) |
| Others* | 360 (15.3) | 121 (13.1) | 11 (19.3) | 110 (12.7) |
| Education (years) | ||||
| No formal schooling | 155 (6.6) | 44 (4.8) | 11 (19.3) | 33 (3.8) |
| 1–5 | 255 (10.9) | 89 (9.7) | 11 (19.3) | 78 (9.0) |
| 6–10 | 496 (21.2) | 178 (19.3) | 22 (38.6) | 156 (18.0) |
| 11–12 | 367 (15.7) | 144 (15.6) | 7 (12.3) | 137 (15.8) |
| >12 | 1072 (45.6) | 467 (50.7) | 6 (10.5) | 461 (53.4) |
*Farmer, day labour, small shop owner, rickshaw/van puller, driver, etc.
HCW, healthcare worker; rRT-PCR, real-time reverse transcription-PCR.