Table 5 Numbers of patients by age, sex, and diarrhea type presenting at health facilities and mobile stops in Chobe District, Botswana during study out break periods in 2011–2012
Outbreak period | Diarrhea without dehydration | Diarrhea (acute) with some dehydration | Diarrhea (acute) with severe dehydration | Diarrhea with blood | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
<1 | 1- 4 | 5 + | <1 | 1- 4 | 5 + | <1 | 1- 4 | 5 + | <1 | 1- 4 | 5 + | ||||||||||||||
M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
Dry (2011) | 34 | 35 | 13 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 39 | 49 | 32 | 30 | 42 | 49 | 29 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 26 | 30 | 30 | 40 | 40 | 20 | 40 | 515 |
Wet (2012) | 31 | 36 | 16 | 21 | 34 | 28 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 333 |