From: Association between skin diseases and severe bacterial infections in children: case-control study
Age group | |||
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Cases (N = 101) | GP Controls1 (N = 597) | Hospital Controls2 (N = 583) | |
0 – 3 months | 8.9 | 7.7 | 9.3 |
3 – 6 months | 6.9 | 6.9 | 5.8 |
6 – 24 months | 27.7 | 30.2 | 28.3 |
24 – 72 months | 27.7 | 26.8 | 26.8 |
6 – 17 years | 28.7 | 28.5 | 29.8 |
Gender | |||
Boys | 63.4 | 63.7 | 64.3 |
Girls | 36.6 | 36.3 | 35.7 |
Urbanization | |||
< 30,000 | 36.6 | 38.0 | 36.4 |
30,000 – 50,000 | 18.8 | 15.9 | 17.5 |
> 50,000 | 37.6 | 39.2 | 36.9 |
Big cities3 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 9.3 |
Region | |||
Northern | 19.8 | 20.1 | 18.0 |
Central | 61.4 | 60.8 | 62.4 |
Southern | 18.8 | 19.1 | 19.6 |
SES 4 | |||
Non-manual high | 34.1 | 37.4 | 38.8 |
Non-manual middle | 31.8 | 31.3 | 35.6 |
Non-manual low & farmers | 15.9 | 13.5 | 5.0 |
Manual high/middle | 2.3 | 7.5 | 9.6 |
Manual low | 15.9 | 10.3 | 11.0 |
Ethnicity | |||
Natives & Western immigrants | 85.7 | 89.8 | 87.2 |
Non – Western immigrants | 14.3 | 10.2 | 12.8 |