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Table 1 Characteristics of 818 community children aged 6-60 months and estimated prevalence of S. pneumoniae nasopharyngeal carriage.

From: Decreased Streptococcus pneumoniae susceptibility to oral antibiotics among children in rural Vietnam: a community study

Characteristics

 

Absolute number with percentage in bracket

  

Participating children

(% among total)

S. pneumoniaecarrier

(% within group)

Sex

Female

373 (46)

187 (50)

 

Male

445 (54)

234 (53)

Age

6-23 months

367 (45)

203 (55)*

 

24-60 months

451 (55)

218 (48)*

Region

Lowland

268 (32)

145 (54)

 

Highland

275 (34)

146 (53)

 

Mountains

275 (34)

130 (47)

Households' economic status

Under average

358 (44)

196 (55)

 

Average or upper

460 (56)

225 (49)

ARI symptoms at the sampling time

No presence

560 (68)

265 (47)*

 

Presence

258 (32)

156 (61)*

Other observation §

No presence

650 (80)

340 (52)

 

Presence

168 (20)

81 (48)

Previous antibiotic use within 3 weeks

No

341 (42)

183 (54)

 

Yes

477 (58)

238 (50)

 

Total

818 (100)

421 (52)

  1. * Significant different between groups using χ2 test (p < 0.05).
  2. § Other observations: Non-ARI symptoms such as digestive disorder, skin rash, toothache, phymosis.