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Table 2 Patient data per hospital location

From: Global surgery for paediatric casualties in armed conflict

 

All patients

KAB

KAO

LOK

KAN

PES

QUE

PES2

GOM

Total

 

Study period

2 years and 3 months

4 years and 8 months

18 years

3 years and 1 month

2 years and 10 months

6 years and 4 months

3 years and 3 months

1 year and 11 months

26 years and 9 months

 

Total number of patients

6735

1079

13,406

1261

4579

7379

2960

689

38,088

 

Patients < 15 years, N (%)

2185 (32.4%)

97 (9.0%)

1110 (8.3%)

186 (14.7%)

674 (14.7%)

1043 (14.1%)

453 (15.3%)

95 (13,8%)

5843 (15.3%)

 

Patients ≥ 15 years, N (%)

4550 (67.6%)

982 (91.0%)

12,296 (91.7%)

1075 (85.2%)

3905 (85.3%)

6336 (85.9%)

2507 (84.7%)

594 (86,2%)

32,245 (84.7%)

 
 

Paediatrics

Adults

Hospital (N)

KAB (2185)

KAO (97)

LOK (1110)

KAN (186)

PES (674)

QUE (1043)

PES2 (453)

GOM (95)

Total (5843)

Total (32,245)

Median age, years (IQR)

10 (7–12)

8 (5–12)

10 (5–13)

8 (2–12)

10 (6–12)

10 (7–12)

10 (7–12)

9 (5–13)

10 (6–12)

26 (21–32)

Sex, N (%)

          

Male

1622 (74.2%)

61 (63.0%)

820 (73.9%)

156 (83.0%)

504 (74.8%)

859 (82.4%)

333 (73.5%)

53 (55.8%)

4406 (75.4%)

29,486 (91.4%)

Female

561 (25.7%)

35 (36.0%)

290 (26.1%)

32 (17.0%)

169 (25.1%)

184 (17.6%)

120 (26.5%)

42 (44.2%)

1433 (24.5%)

2757 (8.6%)

Median LOS, days (IQR)0

8 (4–16)

10 (5–67)

33 (17–60)

11 (3–27)

10 (6–20)

19 (10–36)

15 (7–33)

21 (9–42)

13 (6–31)

17 (7–39)

Deaths, N (%)

119 (5.4%)

4 (4.0%)

22 (2.0%)

13 (7.0%)

26 (3.9%)

30 (2.9%)

24 (5.3%)

3 (3.2%)

241 (4.1%)

873 (2.7%)

  1. Note that not all percentages in this table add up to 100%, which indicates the missing values
  2. LOS length of stay, IQR interquartile range, KAB Kabul, KAO Kao-i-Dang, LOK Lokichogio, KAN Kandahar, PES Peshawar 1990–1993, QUE Quetta, PES2 Peshawar 2009–2012, GOM Goma