Table 3

Type and provider of initial care in fatal acute febrile Illness / malaria by age group, sex, socio-economic status, and type of illness in the Rufiji DSS sentinel area, 1999–2001

Type of Care
Provider
Age
Sex of Child
Sex of HH Head
Poverty Quintiles
Convulsions





<5
5+
Male
Female
Male
Female
Poorest
Least Poor
With
Without

Modern Care
Government
44.7%
31.1%**
46.4%
42.9%
38.6%
33.3%
42.6%
51.0%
55.6%
43.3%

Home / Shops
20.0%
36.1%**
21.3%
18.6%
28.2%
31.9%
22.2%
15.7%
19.4%
20.1%

Non-Government
14.1%
10.0%
12.2%
16.0%
12.6%
9.8%
9.3%
9.8%
2.8%
15.5%
Traditional Care
TM at Practitioner
6.6%
6.5%
7.3%
5.8%
2.1%
2.9%
7.4%
5.9%
16.7%
5.3%*

TM at Home
2.8%
1.7%
1.2%
4.5%
6.0%
7.8%
1.9%
3.9%
0.0%
3.2%
No Care
None
11.9%
14.4%
11.6%
12.2%
12.0%
14.3%
16.7%
13.7%
5.6%
12.7%


100%
33%
100.0%
100.0%
100%
100.0%
100%
100%
100%
95%

Number
320
402
164
156
485
204
54
51
36
284

Total

722

320

689

105

320

* Significant at 5% level; ** Significant at 1% level TM Traditional Medicine or Practice HH Household. Note, 33 households had a change in headship during the study period and were excluded from the analysis in the sex of HH Head column.

de Savigny et al. Malaria Journal 2004 3:27   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-3-27