Table 1 Age and gender of children with SARI from whom respiratory swabs were collected or not collected
From: Severe acute respiratory infection in children in a densely populated urban slum in Kenya, 2007–2011
Characteristic | Number (Row %) | |
|---|---|---|
Swabbed (N = 815) | Not Swabbed (N = 1777) | |
Age | ||
<12 m (N = 980) | 285 (29.1%) | 695 (70.9%) |
12-23 m (N = 718) | 241 (33.6%) | 477 (66.4%) |
24-59 m (N = 894) | 289 (32.3%) | 605 (67.7%) |
Total (N = 2592) | 815 (31.4%) | 1777 (68.6%) |
Gender | ||
Male (N = 1369) | 411 (30.0%) | 958 (70.0%) |
Female (N = 1223) | 404 (33.0%) | 819 (67.0%) |