Table 2.
Child medical characteristics of the study participants in Meket district, North Wollo zone, North-East Ethiopia, January 2020 (n=327)
Variable | Categories | Cases N (%) | Controls N (%) |
Breast feeding | Yes | 74 (67.9%) | 133 (61.0%) |
No | 35 (32.1%) | 85 (39.0%) | |
Diarrhoea 2 weeks before the survey | Yes | 61 (56.0%) | 115 (52.8%) |
No | 48 (44.0%) | 103 (47.2%) | |
Fever 2 weeks before the survey | Yes | 72 (66.1%) | 146 (67.0%) |
No | 37 (33.9%) | 72 (33.0%) | |
ARI 2 weeks before the survey | Yes | 37 (33.9%) | 35 (16.1%) |
No | 72 (66.1%) | 183 (83.9%) | |
History of measles 2 weeks before the survey | Yes | 1 (0.9%) | 1 (0.05%) |
No | 108 (99.1%) | 217 (99.5%) |
ARI, acute respiratory infection.