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Table 4 Geographical distribution of residential locations of patients visited emergency room visits at two periods.

From: Emergency room visits for respiratory conditions in children increased after Guagua Pichincha volcanic eruptions in April 2000 in Quito, Ecuador Observational Study: Time Series Analysis

  

Pre and post eruption (334 days)

During eruption (28 days)

  

Region

Parishes

Total cases

Cases per day

Total cases

Cases per day

Ratio

Percentage

City of Quito (n = 405,206) a

      

Turubamba (South)

443

1.33

85

3.04

2.29

11

 

Guamani

64

0.19

8

0.29

1.49

2

 

Chillogallo

219

0.66

43

1.54

2.34

5

 

Las Cuadras

120

0.36

26

0.93

2.58

3

 

El Beaterio

40

0.12

8

0.29

2.39

1

Urinsaya (South Central)

902

2.70

173

6.18

2.29

22

 

Villaflora

333

1.00

69

2.46

2.47

8

 

La Magdalena

140

0.42

25

0.89

2.13

3

 

Chimbacalle

141

0.42

24

0.86

2.03

3

 

Eloy Alfaro

288

0.86

55

1.96

2.28

7

Yavirac (North Central)

1095

3.28

234

8.36

2.55

28

 

San Roque

321

0.96

64

2.29

2.38

8

 

Santa Prisca

180

0.54

36

1.29

2.39

5

 

EL Batan

66

0.20

14

0.50

2.53

2

 

San Blas

528

1.58

120

4.29

2.71

14

Anansaya (North)

936

2.80

162

5.79

2.06

23

 

La Concepcion

168

0.50

24

0.86

1.70

4

 

Cotocollao

201

0.60

43

1.54

2.55

5

 

Carcelen

333

1.00

53

1.89

1.90

8

 

El Inca

234

0.70

42

1.50

2.14

6

Quito suburbs (n = 136,466)a

422

1.26

108

3.86

3.05

11

 

Valle Tumabco (East)

79

0.24

24

0.86

3.62

2

 

San Antonio (North)

48

0.14

11

0.39

2.73

1

 

Calderon (North East)

159

0.48

41

1.46

3.08

4

 

Valle de los Chillos (South East)

136

0.41

32

1.14

2.81

4

 

Amaguana (South)

10

0.03

2

0.07

2.39

0.3

Outside of Quito Metropolitan Area

169

0.51

45

1.61

3.18

4

 

Total geocoded cases

3977

11.91

809

28.89

2.43

100

  1. athe numbers in parenthesis represent the population of children under 15 years of age.