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Table 1 Characteristics of the participants by age group

From: Characteristics and potential quality indicators for evaluating pre-travel consultations in Japan hospitals: the Japan Pretravel consultation registry (J-PRECOR)

 

All

Age 0 to 15 years

Age 16 to 64 years

Age 65 years or over

Number of clients

9700

880

8271

549

Male (%)

5806 (59.9)

436 (49.5)

5042 (61)

328 (59.7)

Female (%)

3894 (40.1)

444 (50.5)

3229 (39)

221 (40.3)

Age, median, years [IQR]

32 [21,45]

6 [3,11]

32 [23,43]

69 [67,72]

Days from first consultation to travel, median, days [IQR]

33 [17,60]

50 [25,96]

32 [16,57]

35 [20,60]

Immunization record (%)

4876 (50.3)

666 (75.7)

4113 (49.7)

97 (17.7)

Request for vaccine (%)

7793 (80.3)

657 (74.7)

6726 (81.3)

410 (74.7)

Travel period (%)

 less than 7 days

675 (7.3)

14 (1.7)

622 (7.9)

39 (7.3)

 7–13 days

2272 (24.7)

75 (9.1)

1936 (24.7)

261 (48.8)

 14–27 days

1468 (16)

55 (6.6)

1270 (16.2)

143 (26.7)

 28–55 days

811 (8.8)

35 (4.2)

732 (9.4)

44 (8.2)

 56–181 days

674 (7.3)

29 (3.5)

616 (7.9)

29 (5.4)

 more than 181 days

3290 (35.8)

620 (74.9)

2651 (33.9)

19 (3.6)

Travel purpose (%)

 Group tourism

640 (6.6)

26 (3.0)

413 (5.0)

201 (36.6)

 Individual tourism

1910 (19.7)

70 (8.0)

1681 (20.3)

159 (29.0)

 Business

3930 (40.5)

10 (1.1)

3790 (45.8)

130 (23.7)

 Moving with family

1198 (12.4)

588 (66.8)

602 (7.3)

8 (1.5)

 Migration

26 (0.3)

7 (0.8)

17 (0.2)

2 (0.4)

 Study

1330 (13.7)

127 (14.4)

1201 (14.5)

2 (0.4)

 Volunteer work

472 (4.9)

14 (1.6)

441 (5.3)

17 (3.1)

 Visiting friends/relatives

132 (1.4)

42 (4.8)

76 (0.9)

14 (2.6)

 Others

214 (2.2)

15 (1.7)

167 (2.0)

32 (5.8)

Most visited countries (%)

 First

USA 1118 (11.5)

USA 173 (19.7)

USA 916 (11.1)

Brazil 114 (20.8)

 Second

Brazil 1001 (10.3)

China 101 (11.5)

Brazil 812 (9.8)

Kenya 85 (15.5)

 Third

China 769 (7.9)

Brazil 75 (8.5)

China 662 (8.0)

Tanzania 53 (9.7)

 Fourth

Kenya 750 (7.7)

Thailand 70 (8.0)

India 647 (7.8)

South Africa 49 (8.9)

 Fifth

India 696 (7.2)

Indonesia 41 (4.7)

Kenya 647 (7.8)

Peru 39 (7.1)

 Visit more than one country (%)

1666 (17.2)

20 (2.3)

1471 (17.8)

175 (31.9)

 Visit low or lower-middle income countries included (%)

5067 (52.2)

252 (28.6)

4502 (54.4)

313 (57)

  1. IQR, interquartile range; USA, United States of America