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Table 1 Characteristics of children< 5 years hospitalized at SCRH with all cause morbidity, AGE and RVAGE, 2010—2013

From: Rates of hospitalization and death for all-cause and rotavirus acute gastroenteritis before rotavirus vaccine introduction in Kenya, 2010–2013

Characteristics

All Cause Hospitalizations from Karemo DSS (N = 3793)

AGE Hospitalizations (N = 805)

AGE specimen collected and tested for RV ҂ (N = 541)

Proportion tested RV Positive (N = 143)

 

n

n (row %)

n (row %)

n (row %)

Sex

 Male

2066

461 (22%)

309 (67%)

87 (28%)

 Female

3793

344 (20%)

232 (67%)

56 (24%)

Year

 2010

920

224 (24%)

147 (66%)

43 (29%)

 2011

1335

313 (23%)

206 (66%)

53 (26%)

 2012

822

147 (18%)

93 (63%)

26 (28%)

 2013

716

121 (17%)

95 (79%)

21 (22%)

Age (Months)

 0–5

536

205 (38%)

141 (69%)

45 (32%)

 6–11

781

285 (36%)

204(72%)

57 (28%)

 12–23

1110

205 (18%)

138 (67%)

30 (22%)

 24–36

687

70 (10%)

40 (57%)

9 (23%)

 37–59

679

40 (6%)

18 (45%)

2 (11%)

  1. ҂ 3 samples collected were not tested