Table 2 Age distribution of hospitalized children with empyema and pleural effusion in China, Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam.
Age group | Vietnam N (%) | China N (%) | Korea N (%) | Taiwan N (%) | Total N (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Empyema | Pleural effusion | Empyema | Pleural effusion | Empyema | Pleural effusion | Empyema | Pleural effusion | Â |
1 | 50 (35.7) | 140 (26.7) | -- | 56 (12.1) | 6 (11.8) | 26 (31.3) | 13 (11.4) | 1 (20.0) | 292 (21.2) |
2 | 31 (22.1) | 64 (12.2) | -- | 25 (5.4) | 16 (31.4) | 17 (20.5) | 8 (7.0) | 1 (20.0) | 162 (11.7) |
3 | 15 (10.7) | 32 (6.1) | -- | 21 (4.6) | 7 (13.7) | 12 (14.5) | 19 (16.7) | 0 (0) | 106 (7.7) |
4 | 14 (10.0) | 30 (5.7) | -- | 23 (5.0) | 1 (2.0) | 4 (4.8) | 20 (17.5) | 1 (20.0) | 93 (6.7) |
5 | 5 (3.6) | 28 (5.3) | -- | 31 (6.7) | 2 (3.9) | 5 (6.0) | 24 (21.1) | 0 (0) | 95 (6.9) |
6 | 2 (1.4) | 12 (2.3) | -- | 36 (7.8) | 5 (9.8) | 0 (0) | 11 (9.6) | 0 (0) | 66 (4.8) |
7 | 2 (1.4) | 21 (4.0) | -- | 41 (8.9) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.2) | 9 (7.9) | 0 (0) | 74 (5.4) |
8 | 3 (2.1) | 18 (3.4) | -- | 48 (10.4) | 3 (5.9) | 0 (0) | 3 (2.6) | 0 (0) | 75 (5.4) |
9 | 2 (1.4) | 25 (4.8) | -- | 35 (7.6) | 1 (2.0) | 5 (6.0) | 0 (0) | 1 (20.0) | 69 (5.0) |
10 | 4 (2.9) | 36 (6.9) | -- | 35 (7.6) | 2 (3.9) | 2 (2.4) | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0) | 80 (5.8) |
11 | 2 (1.4) | 20 (3.8) | -- | 22 (4.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0) | 45 (3.3) |
12 | 6 (4.3) | 34 (6.5) | -- | 24 (5.2) | 2 (3.9) | 1 (1.2) | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0) | 68 (4.9) |
13 | 1 (0.7) | 27 (5.1) | -- | 36 (7.8) | 1 (2.0) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.8) | 1 (20.0) | 68 (4.9) |
14 | 1 (0.7) | 22 (4.2) | -- | 23 (5.0) | 3 (5.9) | 6 (7.2) | 0 (00) | 0 (0) | 55 (4.0) |
15 | 2 (1.4) | 16 (3.0) | -- | 5 (1.1) | 2 (3.9) | 4 (4.8) | 2 (1.8) | 0 (0) | 31 (2.2) |
Total | 140 (100) | 525 (100) | -- | 461 (100) | 51 (100) | 83 (100) | 114 (100) | 5 (100) | 1,379 (100) |