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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study population

From: Antibiotic prescription rationality and associated in-patient treatment outcomes in children under-five with severe pneumonia at Bwizibwera health center IV, Mbarara District, South-Western Uganda

Characteristic N = 229

Frequency, n (%)

Mean age in months (SD)

15.6 (11.9)

Age categories in months

  2–5

  6–11

  12–23

  24–59

35 (15.3)

75 (32.8)

58 (25.3)

61 (26.6)

Gender

  Female

  Male

119 (52.0)

110 (48.0)

Sex of next of kin

  Female

  Male

212 (92.6)

17 (7.4)

Referred from lower health facility

  No

  Yes

223 (97.4)

6 (2.6)