Table 2 Age- and sex-standardized 30-day incidence of different symptoms or syndromes and corresponding proportion of healthcare seeking (HS) in Hong Kong, February 2014 to May 2015 (N = 3253). The symptoms were ordered descendingly based on HS %
Symptoms | No. episodes (30-day incidence rate, %) | Reported no. medical consultation | HS %a (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|
Fever | 259 (2.1) | 173 | 77.8 (72.7, 82.8) |
Rash | 25 (0.2) | 13 | 59.8 (40.8, 78.8) |
Shortness of breath | 92 (0.7) | 27 | 58.2 (46.5, 69.9) |
Eye-relatedb | 72 (0.6) | 20 | 50.5 (39.6, 61.4) |
Diarrhoea | 203 (1.6) | 87 | 48.7 (40.3, 57.1) |
Vomiting | 129 (1.0) | 52 | 47.7 (38.7, 56.6) |
Cough | 643 (5.6) | 239 | 46.5 (42.3, 50.6) |
Runny nose | 846 (7.7) | 270 | 44.3 (40.1, 48.5) |
Sore throat | 540 (4.6) | 163 | 44.4 (39.8, 49.0) |
Headache | 862 (7.7) | 153 | 34.3 (29.8, 38.7) |
Dizziness | 436 (3.6) | 77 | 34.1 (28.5, 39.7) |
Chills | 227 (1.8) | 62 | 31.8 (24.2, 39.3) |
Abdominal pain | 162 (1.3) | 38 | 30.4 (22.6, 38.3) |
Nausea | 143 (1.1) | 27 | 29.9 (13.3, 46.6) |
Loss of appetite | 231 (1.8) | 38 | 27.6 (18.6, 36.6) |
Low back pain | 624 (5.3) | 64 | 23.6 (19.3, 27.8) |
Myalgia | 551 (4.7) | 63 | 18.6 (14.8, 22.4) |
Fatigue | 988 (9.1) | 62 | 14.0 (11.2, 16.9) |
ILI | 104 (0.8) | 92 | 90.6 (85.9, 95.3) |
ARI | 805 (7.2) | 375 | 64.0 (60.1, 67.8) |
Any symptoms | 2564 (41.4) | 806 | 40.2 (37.0, 43.4) |