Dengue Deaths: Associated Factors and Length of Hospital Stay
Table 1
Admission time to death (days) versus risk factors.
Risk factor
Admission time to death (days)
values
0–3 days
4–9 days
Over 9 days
Gender
Female
4 (40.0%)
3 (30.0%)
3 (30.0%)
0.8636
Male
5 (41.7%)
5 (41.7%)
2 (16.7%)
Ethnicity
African
0 (0.0%)
5 (62.5%)
3 (37.5%)
0.0014
East Indian
9 (75.0%)
1 (8.3%)
2 (16.7%)
Age (years)
0–20
3 (100.0%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
0.3986
21–50
2 (33.3%)
3 (50.0%)
1 (16.7%)
Over 50
4 (30.8%)
5 (38.5%)
4 (30.8%)
Presence of diabetes
Yes
2 (20.0%)
3 (30.0%)
5 (50.0%)
0.0237
No
7 (77.8%)
2 (22.2%)
0 (0.0%)
Presence of hypertension
Yes
0 (0.0%)
3 (50.0%)
3 (50.0%)
0.0018
No
9 (81.8%)
2 (18.2%)
0 (0.0%)
Presence of both diabetes and hypertension
Yes
0 (0%)
2 (40%)
3 (60%)
0.021
No
9 (52.9%)
6 (35.3%)
2 (11.8%)
Platelet level
Decreased
7 (43.8%)
6 (37.5%)
3 (18.8%)
0.6698
Normal
2 (40.0%)
1 (20.0%)
2 (40.0%)
values for Fisher’s exact test to test whether there is an association between each variable and admission time to death. Significant at the 0.05 level.
