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Table 4 Symptoms recorded per case: cases with five or more symptoms made up nearly half the cases logged

From: Paediatric case mix in a rural clinical school is relevant to future practice

Number of symptoms

Rural

%

Urban

%

Total

%

1

256

16.8%

76

5.0%

332

10.9%

2

197

13.0%

218

14.4%

415

13.7%

3

211

13.9%

306

20.2%

517

17.0%

4

212

14.0%

266

17.6%

478

15.8%

> = 5

642

42.3%

649

42.8%

1291

42.5%

Total

1518

100%

1515*

100%

3033

100%

  1. * one log was removed as incomplete with no symptoms recorded