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Table 1 Number of tests, encounters and patients per age group

From: Evaluating patient data quality in South Africa’s National Health Laboratory Service Data Warehouse, 2017-2020: implications for monitoring child health programmes

Ages

Tests, Number (Column %)

Encounters, Number (Column %)

Patients, Number (Column %)

< 7 days

10 794 234 (2.22%)

2 565 329 (2.61%)

1 537 277 (4.30%)

7 days – < 3 months

10 881 816 (2.24%)

2 280 909 (2.32%)

1 186 128 (3.32%)

3 months – < 2 years

11 198 912 (2.31%)

1 988 536 (2.02%)

919 966 (2.57%)

≥ 2 years

452 425 045 (93.23%)

91 382 868 (93.04%)

32 642 382 (91.25%)

Total

485 300 007

98 217 642

35 771 846a

  1. a Not sum of four groups since one person can have encounters in more than one age group