Research Article
Trends for Diarrhea Morbidity in the Jasikan District of Ghana: Estimates from District Level Diarrhea Surveillance Data, 2012–2016
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of diarrhea cases in Jasikan District from 2012-2016.
| | Demographic variable | Year of diarrhea incidence | Total | | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | | | N=3750 | N=3200 | N=4268 | N=3107 | N=3415 | N=17740 | | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) |
| | Sex | | | | | | | | Male | 1738(46.3) | 1462(45.7) | 1825(42.8) | 1326(42.7) | 1613(47.2) | 7982(45.0) | | Female | 2012(53.7) | 1738(54.3) | 2443(57.2) | 1781(57.3) | 1802(52.8) | 9758(55.0) | | Age grouping | | | | | | | | <5 | 2146(57.2) | 1772(55.4) | 2204(51.6) | 1679(54.0) | 1755(51.4) | 9556(53.9) | | 5-14 | 362(9.7) | 381(11.9) | 550(12.9) | 342(11.0) | 458(13.4) | 2093(11.8) | | 15-19 | 152(4.1) | 164(5.1) | 193(4.5) | 105(3.4) | 137(4.0) | 751(4.2) | | 20-34 | 408(10.9) | 334(10.4) | 521(12.2) | 347(11.2) | 355(10.4) | 1965(11.1) | | 35-59 | 385(10.3) | 356(11.1) | 485(11.4) | 414(13.3) | 383(11.2) | 2023(11.4) | | 60+ | 297(7.9) | 193(6.0) | 315(7.4) | 220(7.1) | 327(9.6) | 1352(7.6) |
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