Disease burden and health-care clinic attendances for young children in remote Aboriginal communities of northern Australia
Danielle B Clucas, Kylie S Carville, Christine Connors, Bart J Currie, Jonathan R Carapetis, Ross M Andrews
Volume 86, Number 4, April 2008, 275-281
Table 1. Reasons for presentation of children at two remote community health clinics, East Arnhemland, January 2002 to September 2005a
| Reasons for presentation | Number of presentationsb | Number of children presentingb | Median of presentationsc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-infectious cause | 2494 (34.3) | 173 (99.4) | 8 (5–11) |
| Upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) | 2313 (31.8) | 172 (98.9) | 7.5 (4–11) |
| Scabies and/or skin sores | 1328 (18.3) | 160 (91.9) | 4 (2–6) |
| Scabies | 569 (7.8) | 131 (75.3) | 3 (1–4) |
| Skin sores | 1081 (14.9) | 154 (88.5) | 2 (1–5) |
| Ear disease | 1288 (17.7) | 159 (91.4) | 3 (1–6) |
| Febrile illness | 1082 (14.9) | 160 (92.0) | 3 (1–4) |
| Diarrhoea | 1021 (14.0) | 153 (87.9) | 3 (1–6) |
| Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) | 779 (10.7) | 139 (79.9) | 2.5 (1–5) |
| Throat infection | 206 (2.8) | 91 (52.3) | 1 (1–2) |
| Tinea | 184 (2.5) | 83 (47.7) | 1 (1–2) |
| Acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis | 6 (0.1) | 2 (0.0) | – |
| Acute rheumatic fever |
1 (0.0) |
1 (0.0) |
– |
| 7273 (100) | 174 (100) | 23 (13.5–30) |
a Total presentations = 7273, total of cause = 12 484, as more than one reason may be recorded per visit. Data were analysed using Stata version 9.1.23b Percentage presented in parentheses.c Median number of presentations in the first year of life among those children who did present and for whom data is available for entire first year; interquartile range presented in parentheses.