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Table 3 Anatomical sites of community-acquired infections from 2018 to 2020

From: Effect of the “Normalized Epidemic Prevention and Control Requirements” on hospital-acquired and community-acquired infections in China

Infection site

2018

2019

2020

χ2

P

Lower respiratory tract

49.83%

52.65%

43.06%

44.024

 < 0.001

Urinary system

18.41%

18.72%

26.94%

59.748

 < 0.001

Abdomen and digestive system

8.16%

11.83%

11.81%

18.153

 < 0.001

Skin and soft tissue

6.73%

5.37%

7.27%

7.446

0.024

Blood system

6.12%

4.73%

4.44%

6.526

0.038

Surgical site

1.98%

1.48%

0.74%

11.586

0.003

Eye/ear/nose/throat/mouth

1.93%

0.76%

1.02%

13.013

0.001

Upper respiratory tract

1.21%

0.92%

0.83%

1.585

0.453

Central nervous system

0.94%

1.24%

0.60%

5.094

0.078

Bone and joint

0.55%

0.16%

0.37%

4.821

0.090

Genital tract

0.55%

0.44%

0.19%

3.745

0.154

Otitis externa, otitis media

0.50%

0

0

Cardiovascular system

0.33%

0.36%

0.42%

0.208

0.901

Other sites

2.76%

1.32%

2.31%

11.768

0.003

  1. Each percentage refers to the percentage of all CAIs during a single year
  2. Bold values mean P values are significant