Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients less than 5 years of age hospitalised with diarrhoea enrolled in Global Pediatric Diarrhea Surveillance, 2017–2018
| Demographic and clinical characteristics | All enrolled cases | qPCR-tested cases (unweighted) | qPCR-tested cases (weighted)* |
| N | 29 502 | 5465 | 29 502 |
| Male sex | 17 171 (58.2) | 3226 (59.0) | 17 217 (58.4) |
| Female sex | 12 331 (41.8) | 2239 (41.0) | 12 285 (41.6) |
| Age (months) | |||
| 0–11 | 12 828 (43.5) | 2433 (44.5) | 12 806 (43.4) |
| 12–23 | 9888 (33.5) | 1764 (32.3) | 9785 (33.2) |
| 24–59 | 6786 (23.0) | 1268 (23.2) | 6911 (23.4) |
| Calendar quarter | |||
| January–March | 6905 (23.4) | 1161 (21.2) | 6905 (23.4) |
| April–June | 7262 (24.6) | 1493 (27.3) | 7262 (24.6) |
| July–September | 8122 (27.5) | 1384 (25.3) | 8122 (27.5) |
| October–December | 7213 (24.4) | 1427 (26.1) | 7213 (24.4) |
| WHO Region | |||
| African | 7880 (26.7) | 1658 (30.3) | 7880 (26.7) |
| Americas | 5414 (18.4) | 1012 (18.5) | 5414 (18.4) |
| European | 9164 (31.1) | 1000 (18.3) | 9164 (31.1) |
| South-East Asian | 3104 (10.5) | 839 (15.4) | 3104 (10.5) |
| Western Pacific | 3940 (13.4) | 956 (17.5) | 3940 (13.4) |
| Acute diarrhoea (<14 days) | 29 055 (98.5) | 5296 (98.5) | 29 097 (98.6) |
| Bloody diarrhoea | 1777 (6.6) | 277 (5.4) | 1614 (5.7) |
| Diarrhoeal duration (days) | 2 (1–4) | 2 (1–4) | 2 (1–4) |
| Vomiting | 20 074 (69.6) | 3606 (68.0) | 20 176 (69.7) |
| Dehydration | 20 478 (75.8) | 3412 (74.0) | 20 227 (74.9) |
| Rehydration therapy given | 26 288 (98.7) | 4818 (98.1) | 26 142 (99.2) |
| In-hospital deaths | 125 (0.5) | 35 (0.7) | 98 (0.4) |
Dichotomous estimates are shown as n (%), and continuous estimates are shown as median (IQR).
*Weighted Ns are rounded to the nearest integer.