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Table 3 Distribution of diagnoses by age-group

From: Antibiotic prescription for febrile outpatients: a health facility-based secondary data analysis for the Greater Accra region of Ghana

Diagnoses

Age -group in years

<  5 (n = 1149)

5–14 (n = 353)

15–29 (n = 435)

30–44 (n = 310)

≥ 45 (n = 242)

Unknown (2 = 30)

Total (N = 2519)

ARTI

618 (12.7)

136 (9.4)

157 (9.5)

101 (9.8)

85 (8.6)

9 (22.0)

1106 (11.0)

Malaria

423 (8.7)

156 (10.7)

184 (11.1)

148 (10.4)

103 (10.4)

15 (36.6)

1029 (10.3)

UTI

401 (8.3)

119 (8.2)

143 (8.6)

81 (7.8)

71 (7.2)

4 (9.8)

819 (8.2)

Typhoid fever

357 (7.4)

113 (7.8)

138 (8.3)

84 (8.1)

79 (7.4)

1 (2.4)

772 (7.7)

Enteritis

371 (7.7)

122 (8.4)

127 (7.7)

72 (7.0)

73 (7.4)

1 (2.4)

766 (7.6)

Pneumonia

379 (7.8)

103 (7.1)

117 (7.1)

65 (6.3)

68 (6.8)

0 (0.0)

732 (7.3)

Ear infection

387 (8.0)

104 (7.2)

113 (6.8)

59 (5.7)

68 (6.8)

0 (0.0)

731 (7.3)

Tonsilitis

368 (7.6)

114 (7.8)

114 (6.9)

65 (6.3)

65 (6.5)

0 (0.0)

726 (7.2)

Anaemia

344 (7.1)

109 (7.5)

122 (7.4)

70 (6.8)

67 (6.7)

3 (7.3)

715 (7.1)

Eye infection

360 (7.4)

107 (7.4)

109 (6.6)

60 (5.8)

66 (6.6)

0 (0.0)

702 (7.0)

Others

841 (17.3)

271 (18.6)

331 (20.0)

229 (22.1)

248 (25.0)

8 (19.5)

1928 (19.2)

Totals

4849 (100.0)

1454 (100.0)

1655 (100.0)

1034 (100.0)

993 (100.0)

41 (100.0)

10,026 (100.0)

  1. ABBREVIATION: ARTI Acute Respiratory Tract Infection, UTI Urinary Tract Infection