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Table 1 Comparison of age and sex distribution between study and population deaths

From: Burden of respiratory tract infections at post mortem in Zambian children

 

Population (n = 3604)a

Study (n = 121)

P b

Age (months)

   

 Median (IQR)

NA

19 (12–45)

NA

 <1 years

48.7 % (1787)

29 % (35)

<0.001

 1–4 years

36.7 % (1321)

48 % (58)

 

 4–15 years

13.8 % (496)

23 % (28)

 

Male sex

50.2 % (1810)

64 % (77)

0.005

HIV infected

39.4 % (85/216)c

34 % (33/97)d

0.368

  1. aAll inpatient deaths that did not take part in the study
  2. bχ2 test
  3. cHIV status of population estimated based on previous study [16]
  4. dHIV status unavailable for 24 cases
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