Table 2 Number of presentations, and the number of patients presenting at least once, with upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) and sore throat in the five-year period from 2013 to 2017, overall and by sex and age group
URTI, no. (%) | Sore Throat, no. (%) | |
|---|---|---|
Total (722,339 visits by 65,449 patients) | ||
Number of clinical presentations | 41,532 (5.8%) | 5,862 (0.8%) |
Patients presenting at least once | 19,746 (30.2%) | 4,330 (6.6%) |
Patient characteristics | ||
Sexa | ||
Female (444,325 visits by 35,991 patients) | ||
Number of clinical presentations | 24,811 (5.6%) | 3,596 (0.8%) |
Patients presenting at least once | 11,496 (31.9%) | 2,627 (7.3%) |
Male (277,764 visits by 29,344 patients) | ||
Number of clinical presentations | 16,711 (6.0%) | 2,264 (0.8%) |
Patients presenting at least once | 8,241 (28.1%) | 1,701 (5.8%) |
Age groupb | ||
0 – 4 years (50,968 visits by 6,942 patients) | ||
Number of clinical presentations | 8,892 (17.4%) | 651 (1.3%) |
Patients presenting at least once | 3,474 (50.0%) | 484 (7.0%) |
5 – 14 years (42,920 visits by 6,968 patients) | ||
Number of clinical presentations | 5,598 (13.0%) | 1,090 (2.5%) |
Patients presenting at least once | 2,777 (39.9%) | 787 (11.29%) |
15 – 49 years (307,326 visits by 39,405 patients) | ||
Number of clinical presentations | 18,129 (5.9%) | 3,500 (1.1%) |
Patients presenting at least once | 9,758 (24.8%) | 2,599 (6.6%) |
50+ years (321,094 visits by 15,721 patients) | ||
Number of clinical presentations | 8,912 (2.8%) | 620 (0.2%) |
Patients presenting at least once | 4,382 (27.9%) | 512 (3.3%) |