Table 3 Occurrence of symptoms (%) in children with single and recurrent acute otitis media by age group
|  | 0 – 1 year | 1 - 2 years | 2-3 years | 3-4 years | 4-5 years | 5-6 years | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | AOM* | rAOM° | AOM | rAOM | AOM | rAOM | AOM | rAOM | AOM | rAOM | AOM | rAOM | AOM | rAOM |
Total number of episodes | 4550 | 159 | 6703 | 509 | 5858 | 322 | 8376 | 472 | 6285 | 379 | 4408 | 220 | 36180 | 2061 |
Total number with ≥1 symptom | 3650 (80.2) | 132 (83.0) | 6424 (95.8) | 446 (87.6) | 5635 (96.2) | 262 (81.3) | 8338 (99.5) | 435 (92.2) | 6048 (96.2) | 355 (93.7) | 4043 (91.7) | 173(78.6) | 34138 (94.3) | 1892 (91.8) |
Ear pain | 15.7 | 14.3 | 26.7 | 24.1 | 57.4 | 58.5 | 68.7 | 57.0 | 76.3 | 74.8 | 79.6 | 66.9 | 55.6 | 50.4 |
Fever ≥38 °C | 60.3 | 54.9 | 63.4 | 50.6 | 52.2 | 37.1 | 46.4 | 37.1 | 40.5 | 26.8 | 36.0 | 33.9 | 49.9 | 39.4 |
Cough | 36.9 | 49.5 | 35.0 | 39.8 | 27.0 | 35.4 | 24.5 | 33.9 | 20.9 | 24.4 | 18.4 | 17.3 | 26.9 | 33.3 |
Rhinitis | 16.2 | 14.3 | 15.7 | 11.1 | 10.6 | 11.4 | 8.5 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 5.7 | 7.2 | 5.5 | 10.8 | 9.0 |
Otorrhea | 6.8 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 6.5 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 5.5 | 6.0 |
Vomiting | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 1.6 |