Table 2 Outcome of outpatient malaria cases by age
From: Malaria in rural Mozambique. Part I: Children attending the outpatient clinic
After outpatient* (%) | After day-care unit* (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age group | N | Home | Day-care unit | Transfer** | Home | Admitted | Transfer# |
<1 month | 42 | 35.7 | 61.9 | 2.4 | 42.3 | 53.8 | 0 |
1–<6 months | 1019 | 40.8 | 55.4 | 3.4 | 32.6 | 62.6 | 4.4 |
6–<12 months | 2450 | 41.7 | 55.3 | 2.7 | 37.1 | 59.3 | 3.2 |
1–<2 years | 5201 | 51.4 | 46.1 | 2.3 | 38.9 | 57.9 | 2.6 |
2–<3 years | 4203 | 62.5 | 35.6 | 1.6 | 42.7 | 54.6 | 2.3 |
3–<4 years | 3069 | 72.5 | 26.0 | 1.2 | 47.8 | 50.3 | 1.1 |
4–<5 years | 2383 | 79.6 | 19.8 | 0.5 | 53.6 | 44.9 | 0.8 |
5–<10 years | 6763 | 87.7 | 11.9 | 0.3 | 59.7 | 39.1 | 0.7 |
10–<15 years | 3747 | 94.0 | 5.6 | 0.1 | 56.4 | 42.7 | 0.5 |
Total | 28877 | 70.4 | 28.2 | 1.2 | 43.1 | 54.1 | 2.3 |