Distribution of patient characteristics across groups
| Patient characteristics | Linked (n=53 003) | Not linked (n=7048) |
| Mortality | 3199 (6.03%) | 449 (6.42%) |
| Age (months), median (IQR) | 17 (7–42) | 24 (10–57) |
| Gender (female) | 23 547 (44.59%) | 3078 (44.17%) |
| Weight (kg), median (IQR) | 9 (6–14) | 10 (8–16) |
| Fever | 31 096 (72.48%) | 4025 (75.15%) |
| Unresponsive on AVPU scale | 457 (1.08%) | 57 (1.08%) |
| Malaria | 10 831 (20.43%) | 2285 (32.42%) |
| Pneumonia | 20 267 (38.24%) | 2084 (29.57%) |
| Dehydration | 9412 (17.76%) | 1181 (16.76%) |
| One comorbidity | 29 738 (81.67%) | 3874 (77.31%) |
| Two comorbidities | 6359 (17.46%) | 1073 (22.41%) |
| Three comorbidities | 314 (0.86%) | 64 (1.28%) |
AVPU, alert verbal pain unresponsive.