Table 1 Characteristics of sick children presenting, referred & admitted to St. Francis Hospital
From: Paediatric referrals in rural Tanzania: the Kilombero District Study – a case series
Characteristic | Children Attending | Children referred | |
|---|---|---|---|
(n = 7989*) | Number (n = 235) (%) | Admitted (n = 167) (%) | |
Age | |||
< 1 year | 3567 (45%) | 142 (60%) | 106 (63%) |
1 year | 2332 (29%) | 53 (23%) | 37 (22%) |
2 years | 1178 (15%) | 24 (10%) | 16 (10%) |
3 years | 629 (8%) | 9 (4%) | 5 (3%) |
4 years | 283 (4%) | 7 (3%) | 3 (2%) |
Sex | |||
Males | 4033 (51%) | 123 (53 %) | 87 (52 %) |
Females | 3915 (49%) | 109 (47 %) | 79 (48 %) |
Missing information | 41 | 3 | 1 |
Diagnosis | |||
Severe malaria | 4687 (59%) | 83 (35 %) | 47 (28 %) |
Anaemia | 219 (3%) | 83 (35 %) | 79 (47 %) |
ARI** | 573 (7%) | 17 (7 %) | 14 (8 %) |
Acute diarrhoea | 229 (3%) | 6 (3 %) | 4 (2 %) |
Other | 2267 (28%) | 46 (20 %) | 23 (14 %) |
Missing information | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Distance travelled (km) | |||
<5 | 4887 (62%) | 14 (6 %) | 7 (4 %) |
5–10 | 2279 (29%) | 64 (27 %) | 45 (27 %) |
10–50 | 290 (4%) | 70 (30 %) | 58 (35 %) |
>50 | 459 (6%) | 84 (36 %) | 55 (33 %) |
Missing information | 74 | 3 | 2 |
Referred by | |||
Dispensary | 146 (62 %) | 108 (65 %) | |
Private Doctors | 52 (22 %) | 29 (17 %) | |
Health Centre | 29 (12 %) | 27 (16 %) | |
Traditional Healer | 5 (2%) | 2 (1 %) | |
VHW*** | 2 (1 %) | 1 (1 %) | |
Missing information | 1 | 0 | |
Time to reach SFDDH (days) | |||
0–1 | 117 (52 %) | 99 (63 %) | |
2+ | 106 (48 %) | 58 (37 %) | |
Missing information | 12 | 10 | |