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Table 2 Admission and mortality rates by age group of Thai children under 5 years in fiscal year 2015–2019

From: Burden and pattern of acute diarrhea in Thai children under 5 years of age: a 5-year descriptive analysis based on Thailand National Health Coverage (NHC) data

Age group (years)

Admission rate

Mortality rate

No (%)

(/1,000 person-years)

No (%)

(/ 100,000 person-years)

*P-value

 < 1

174,799 (30.2)

57.3

126 (64.9)

4.1

 < 0.001

1 to < 2

171,221 (29.5)

51.6

34 (17.5)

1.0

 

2 to < 3

102,941 (17.6)

29.8

14 (7.3)

0.4

 

3 to < 4

75,390 (13)

20.9

11 (5.7)

0.3

 

4 to ≤ 5

55,323 (9.5)

14.8

9 (4.6)

0.2

 
  1. *P-value < 0.001 represented statistically significant mortality rate in in children aged less than 1 year
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