Mortality and morbidity patterns in under-five children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in Zambia: a five-year retrospective review of hospital-based records (2009–2013)

Table 1 Background characteristics of under-five children with SAM attending University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia

NOTES: 1. Sample size; Overall n = 9540 sample size was dictated by responses for age. 2. Yearly samples were 2151(2009), 2301(2010), 1999(2011), 1726(2012) and 1363(2013). 3. Median age in months was 17 months IQR (11–22); median length of stay in days was 8 days IQR (3–14); overall mortality 46.7% (2,804).

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