International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 1 Characteristics of under-fives admitted into intensive care unit of a secondary health facility in the survey (2004-2007)

From: A hospital-based estimate of major causes of death among under-five children from a health facility in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria: possible indicators of health inequality

	ALL	By gender		By age (years)
		Male	Female	1-1.9	2-2.9	3-3.9	4-4.9
Number	301	173	128	148	73	55	25
%		57.5	42.5	49.2	24.3	18.3	8.3
-Male	-	-	-	89	42	31	11
-%	-	-	-	51.4	24.3	17.9	6.4
-Female	-	-	-	59	31	24	14
-%	-	-	-	43.1	24.2	18.8	10.9
				χ²=2.31, df=3, p=0.51
Age (year)
-Mean	2.1	2.0	2.1	1.2	2.2	3.2	4.1
-±SEM	0.06	1.0	1.0	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.03
-Min.	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0
-Max.	4.5	4.5	4.0	1.9	2.8	3.5	4.5
				F-statistics=1512.90, p=0.000
Weight (kg)
-Mean	10.0	10.2	9.8	7.9	10.3	12.5	14.8
-±SEM	3.7	4.2	2.9	0.16	0.26	0.29	0.61
-Min.	2.5	2.5	3.8	3.1	2.5	5.2	7.5
-Max.	39.8	39.8	18.7	15.0	15.0	17.0	20.0
				F-statistics=115.04, p=0.000
Temperature °C
-Mean	37.2	37.2	37.2	37.2	37.3	37.1	37.2
-±SEM	0.05	0.8	0.9	0.07	0.10	0.10	0.13
-Min.	35.0	35.0	35.2	35.0	36.0	36.0	36.0
-Max.	40.2	40.2	39.6	39.8	40.2	39.6	39.0
				F-statistics=0.319, p=0.811

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