Table 1 Demographic and epidemiological characteristics of patients with diarrhea in the mainland of China, 2009‒2018.
From: Etiological, epidemiological, and clinical features of acute diarrhea in China
All cases | Any virus tested | Any bacterium tested | Any parasite tested | All viruses tested | All bacteria tested | All parasites tested | All pathogens tested | |
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Total (N) | 152,792 | 85,731 | 100,129 | 12,988 | 58,620 | 59,384 | 11,167 | 3330 |
Sex N (%) | ||||||||
Male | 90,093 (58.96) | 50,695 (59.13) | 57,409 (57.34) | 7510 (57.82) | 34,223 (58.38) | 33,248 (55.99) | 6538 (58.55) | 1970 (59.16) |
Female | 62,699 (41.04) | 35,036 (40.87) | 42,720 (42.66) | 5478 (42.18) | 24,397 (41.62) | 26,136 (44.01) | 4629 (41.45) | 1360 (40.84) |
Age N (%) | ||||||||
<5 year | 75,687 (49.54) | 47,535 (55.45) | 39,697 (39.65) | 4416 (34.00) | 30,393 (51.85) | 24,061 (40.52) | 4027 (36.06) | 1059 (31.80) |
<6 month | 17,673 (11.57) | 10,820 (12.62) | 9544 (9.53) | 873 (6.72) | 6779 (11.56) | 5711 (9.62) | 828 (7.41) | 186 (5.59) |
6‒11 month | 23,201 (15.18) | 14,710 (17.16) | 11,682 (11.67) | 1251 (9.63) | 9632 (16.43) | 7149 (12.04) | 1122 (10.05) | 311 (9.34) |
1‒4 year | 34,813 (22.78) | 22,005 (25.67) | 18,471 (18.45) | 2292 (17.65) | 13,982 (23.85) | 11,201 (18.86) | 2077 (18.60) | 562 (16.88) |
5‒17 year | 9314 (6.10) | 4887 (5.70) | 6018 (6.01) | 774 (5.96) | 3169 (5.41) | 3570 (6.01) | 690 (6.18) | 222 (6.67) |
18‒45 year | 35,640 (23.33) | 17,324 (20.21) | 28,627 (28.59) | 3751 (28.88) | 12,997 (22.17) | 16,135 (27.17) | 3130 (28.03) | 996 (29.91) |
46‒59 year | 15,304 (10.02) | 7352 (8.58) | 12,341 (12.33) | 1782 (13.72) | 5621 (9.59) | 7203 (12.13) | 1444 (12.93) | 396 (11.89) |
≥60 year | 16,847 (11.02) | 8633 (10.07) | 13,446 (13.43) | 2265 (17.44) | 6440 (10.99) | 8415 (14.17) | 1876 (16.80) | 657 (19.73) |
Ecological regions N (%) | ||||||||
Northeast China | 7971 (5.22) | 3741 (4.36) | 5664 (5.66) | 347 (2.67) | 3633 (6.20) | 2687 (4.52) | 346 (3.10) | — |
North China | 35,962 (23.54) | 12,836 (14.97) | 25,436 (25.40) | 1709 (13.16) | 9499 (16.20) | 17,667 (29.75) | 1362 (12.20) | 230 (6.91) |
Inner Mongolia-Xinjiang | 9577 (6.27) | 3732 (4.35) | 7635 (7.63) | 2 (0.02) | 2285 (3.90) | 2441 (4.11) | — | — |
Qinghai-Tibet | 1006 (0.66) | 853 (0.99) | 967 (0.97) | — | 740 (1.26) | 316 (0.53) | — | — |
Southwest China | 6939 (4.54) | 4236 (4.94) | 4950 (4.94) | 1773 (13.65) | 4117 (7.02) | 2602 (4.38) | 1534 (13.74) | 1194 (35.86) |
Central China | 73,176 (47.89) | 49,095 (57.27) | 45,988 (45.93) | 8627 (66.42) | 31,200 (53.22) | 28,467 (47.94) | 7463 (66.83) | 1882 (56.52) |
South China | 18,161 (11.89) | 11,238 (13.11) | 9489 (9.48) | 530 (4.08) | 7146 (12.19) | 5204 (8.76) | 462 (4.14) | 24 (0.72) |
Residence N (%)a | ||||||||
Urban | 116,217 (76.06) | 68,774 (80.22) | 75,113 (75.02) | 11,094 (85.42) | 45,706 (77.97) | 44,495 (74.93) | 9368 (83.89) | 2243 (67.36) |
Rural | 29,707 (19.44) | 13,542 (15.8) | 20,389 (20.36) | 1601 (12.33) | 9799 (16.72) | 11,297 (19.02) | 1519 (13.6) | 849 (25.5) |
Outcome N (%) | 89,441 (58.54) | 54,198 (63.22) | 62,162 (62.08) | 7078 (54.50) | 40,050 (68.32) | 57,339 (96.56) | 6650 (59.55) | 3264 (98.02) |
Death | 40 (0.04) | 20 (0.04) | 26 (0.04) | 6 (0.08) | 16 (0.04) | 23 (0.04) | 5 (0.08) | 1 (0.03) |