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Table 3 Presenting complaints stratified by patient characteristics for pediatric patients under 16 years of age in Pakistan National Emergency Department Surveillance (n = 22047)

From: The pediatric disease spectrum in emergency departments across Pakistan: data from a pilot surveillance system

  Disease Spectrum n(%)  
  Constitutional Cardiovascular Gastrointestinal Respiratory Neurological Musculoskeletal Injury Total
Gender 4123 1358 3965 2997 2815 1315 8573 21777
   Male 2561 (19.1) 754 (5.6) 2203 (16.4) 1657 (12.4) 1492 (11.1) 754 (5.6) 5810 (43.4) 13396
   Female 1562 (18.6) 604 (7.2) 1762 (21) 1340 (16) 1323 (15.8) 561 (6.7) 2763 (33) 8381
   P-value NS < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 0.001 < 0.001 --
Age Group 4160 1391 4025 3018 2825 1332 8680 22047
   <5 years 729 (24.9) 218 (7.4) 566 (19.3) 390 (13.3) 135 (4.6) 170 (5.8) 1126 (38.4) 2931
   5-9 years 960 (20.0) 274 (5.7) 715 (14.9) 591 (12.3) 395 (8.2) 248 (5.2) 2330 (48.6) 4790
   10-15 years 2471 (17.2) 899 (6.3) 2744 (19.2) 2037 (14.2) 2295 (16.0) 914 (6.4) 5224 (36.5) 14326
   P-value < 0.001 0.010 < 0.001 < 0.01 < 0.001 < 0.01 < 0.001 --
Type of hospital 4160 1391 4025 3018 2825 1332 8680 22047
   Public hospital 3568 (18.3) 1211 (6.2) 3358 (17.2) 2453 (12.6) 2185 (11.2) 1220 (6.3) 8168 (41.9) 19505
   Private hospital 592 (23.3) 180 (7.1) 667 (26.2) 565 (22.2) 640 (25.2) 112 (4.4) 512 (20.1) 2542
   P-value <0.001 0.089 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 --
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