Characteristic
|
Population
|
---|
|
n
|
%
|
---|
Sex (n = 9 534)
| | |
Male
|
5 148
|
53.9
|
Female
|
4 386
|
45.9
|
HIV status (n = 8 589)
| | |
Negative
|
5 827
|
67.8
|
Positive
|
2 589
|
32.2
|
Morbidity (n = 9 076)
| | |
Marasmic-Kwashiorkor
|
1 511
|
16.4
|
Marasmus
|
1 957
|
21.6
|
Kwashiorkor
|
5 609
|
62.0
|
Co-morbidity (n = 2 037)
| | |
Anaemia
|
218
|
11.6
|
Diarrhoea
|
723
|
29.8
|
Pneumonia
|
544
|
25.3
|
Septicaemia
|
146
|
5.3
|
Tuberculosis
|
113
|
6.8
|
Other
|
293
|
21.2
|
No co-morbidity
|
7 503
|
100
|
Residence (n = 5 141)
| | |
Lusaka
|
4 791
|
93.0
|
Out of Lusaka
|
358
|
7.0
|
- 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).