Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of patients enrolled (consented)
| Bangladesh (n=17 441) | Nepal (n=7215) | Pakistan (n=10 091) | Overall (n=34 747) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall enrolment | |||||
| Age, years | 4 (2–7) | 20 (8–31) | 8 (3–22) | 6 (2–17) | |
| <2 years | 3751 (22%) | 363 (5%) | 1645 (16%) | 5759 (17%) | |
| 2–4 years | 5708 (33%) | 780 (11%) | 1982 (20%) | 8470 (24%) | |
| 5–15 years | 6757 (39%) | 1408 (20%) | 2916 (29%) | 11 081 (32%) | |
| 16–25 years | 733 (4%) | 2086 (29%) | 1234 (12%) | 4053 (12%) | |
| >25 years | 482 (3%) | 2578 (36%) | 2314 (23%) | 5384 (15%) | |
| 6 months–15 years | 16 071 (92%) | 2655 (37%) | 6440 (64%) | 25 166 (72%) | |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 9912 (57%) | 4204 (58%) | 5752 (57%) | 19 868 (57%) | |
| Female | 7529 (43%) | 3007 (42%) | 4339 (43%) | 14 879 (43%) | |
| Study recruitment location | |||||
| Outpatient department | 10 991 (63%) | 5047 (70%) | 4861 (48%) | 20 899 (60%) | |
| Inpatient department | 3760 (22%) | 866 (12%) | 4209 (42%) | 8835 (25%) | |
| Surgical wards | 2 (<1%) | 5 (<1%) | 241 (2%) | 248 (1%) | |
| Hospital laboratory | 847 (5%) | 229 (3%) | 199 (2%) | 1275 (4%) | |
| Laboratory network site | 1841 (11%) | 1068 (15%) | 581 (6%) | 3490 (10%) | |
| Laboratory-confirmed enteric fever cases | |||||
| Total | 4873 (28%) | 1602 (22%) | 2230 (22%) | 8705 (25%) | |
| Age, years | 6 (3–14) | 20 (15–25) | 6 (3–13) | 8 (4–19) | |
| <2 years | 449 (9%) | 18 (1%) | 305 (14%) | 772 (9%) | |
| 2–4 years | 1314 (27%) | 46 (3%) | 622 (28%) | 1982 (23%) | |
| 5–15 years | 1938 (40%) | 313 (20%) | 818 (37%) | 3069 (35%) | |
| 16–25 years | 688 (14%) | 818 (51%) | 288 (13%) | 1794 (21%) | |
| >25 years | 484 (10%) | 407 (25%) | 197 (9%) | 1088 (12%) | |
| 6 months–15 years | 3733 (77%) | 415 (26%) | 479 (21%) | 5899 (68%) | |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 2754 (57%) | 942 (59%) | 1286 (58%) | 4982 (57%) | |
| Female | 2119 (43%) | 660 (41%) | 944 (42%) | 3723 (43%) | |
| Study recruitment location | |||||
| Outpatient department | 1453 (30%) | 266 (17%) | 694 (31%) | 2413 (28%) | |
| Inpatient department | 732 (15%) | 38 (2%) | 748 (34%) | 1518 (17%) | |
| Surgical wards | 0 (0%) | 1 (<1%) | 8 (<1%) | 9 (<1%) | |
| Hospital laboratory | 847 (17%) | 229 (14%) | 199 (9%) | 1275 (15%) | |
| Laboratory network site | 1841 (38%) | 1068 (67%) | 581 (26%) | 3490 (40%) | |
| Hospitalised laboratory-confirmed enteric fever cases | |||||
| Total | 1295 (27%) | 455 (28%) | 1054 (47%) | 2804 (32%) | |
| Age, years | 5 (3–10) | 19 (14–24) | 6 (3–13) | 7 (3–16) | |
| <2 years | 169 (13%) | 7 (2%) | 134 (13%) | 310 (11%) | |
| 2–4 years | 419 (32%) | 10 (2%) | 288 (27%) | 717 (26%) | |
| 5–15 years | 501 (39%) | 103 (23%) | 391 (37%) | 995 (35%) | |
| 16–25 years | 126 (10%) | 230 (51%) | 145 (14%) | 501 (18%) | |
| >25 years | 80 (6%) | 105 (23) | 96 (9%) | 281 (10) | |
| 6 months–15 years | 1091 (84%) | 138 (30%) | 829 (79%) | 2058 (73%) | |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 733 (57%) | 238 (52%) | 618 (59%) | 1589 (57%) | |
| Female | 562 (43%) | 217 (48% | 436 (41%) | 1215 (43%) | |
| Study recruitment location | |||||
| Outpatient department | 125 (10%) | 53 (12%) | 114 (11%) | 292 (10%) | |
| Inpatient department | 732 (57%) | 38 (8%) | 748 (71%) | 1518 (54%) | |
| Surgical wards | 0 (0%) | 1 (<1%) | 8 (1%) | 9 (<1%) | |
| Hospital laboratory | 83 (6%) | 58 (13%) | 21 (2%) | 162 (6%) | |
| Laboratory network site | 355 (27%) | 305 (67%) | 163 (15%) | 823 (29%) | |
Data are median (IQR) or n (%). For the data beneath each row marked “Total”, the denominators for the percentages are the numbers of patients listed in the respective “Total” rows.