Research Article
The Pattern of Respiratory Disease Morbidity and Mortality in a Tertiary Hospital in Southern-Eastern Nigeria
Table 2
Distribution of respiratory conditions among patients.
| | | Tuberculosis
= 217 (%) | Pneumonia
(%) | Asthma
(%) | COPD
(%) | Lung ca.
(%) | ILD
(%) | |
| | Gender | | | | | | | | | Female | 80 (36.9) | 28 (34.6) | 9 (56.2) | 3 (42.9) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (50.0) |
0.53 | | Male | 137 (63.1) | 53 (65.4) | 7 (43.8) | 4 (57.1) | 2 (100) | 1 (50.0) | | Age | | | | | | | | | 15–29 | 60 (27.6) | 18 (22.2) | 4 (25) | 1 (14.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
0.001 | | 30–44 | 90 (41.5) | 29 (35.8) | 4 (25) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50) | | 45–64 | 58 (26.7) | 20 (24.7) | 7 (43.8) | 5 (71.4) | 1 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | | 65+ | 9 (4.2) | 14 (17.3) | 1 (6.2) | 1 (14.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (50) | | HIV+ve | 110 (50.7) | 18 (22.2) | 1 (6.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001 | | Smoking | 17 (7.8) | 5 (6.2) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (28.6) | 2 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 0.007 |
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Lung ca.: lung cancer
ILD: interstitial lung disease.
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