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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of SARI patients (n = 496)

From: Identification of viral and bacterial pathogens from hospitalized children with severe acute respiratory illness in Lusaka, Zambia, 2011–2012: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

n (%)

Age in years

 

 0–2

383 (77.2)

 >2

113 (22.7)

Sex

 

 Male

289 (58.3)

 Female

206 (41.5)

Clinical characteristics

 

 Cough

483 (97.4)

 Fever

469 (94.6)

 Difficult breathing

399 (80.4)

 Chest in-drawing

188 (37.9)

 Sore throat

115 (23.2)

Clinical diagnosis

 

 Pneumonia

384 (77.4)

 Bronchiolitis

56 (11.3)

 Other

25 (4.0)

 Lower RTI

16 (3.2)

 Bronchitis

7 (1.4)

 TB

7 (1.4)