Table 1 Distribution by age and sex of inpatients with percentages (in brackets) of patients that were prescribed antibiotics during their stay in a Teaching and a Non-teaching hospital in Ujjain district, India
Age | Teaching hospital | Non-teaching hospital | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
In Years | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female |
0-4 | 179 (61) | 101 (61) | 78 (60) | 689 (86) | 403 (86) | 286 (85) |
5-18 | 337 (72) | 192 (68) | 145 (78) | 486 (83) | 324 (86) | 162 (78) |
19-29 | 533 (87) | 230 (89) | 303 (85) | 1106 (80) | 457 (85) | 649 (77) |
30-49 | 938 (84) | 483 (87) | 455 (82) | 1465 (80) | 767 (79) | 698 (81) |
50-59 | 369 (84) | 204 (89) | 165 (77) | 480 (74) | 299 (75) | 181 (73) |
60 and above | 648 (84) | 445 (89) | 203 (73) | 1155 (74) | 713 (77) | 442 (70) |
Total | 3004 (82) | 1655 (84) | 1349 (79) | 5381 (79) | 2963 (81) | 2418 (77) |