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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 |
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| Type of Care |
Provider |
Age |
Sex of Child |
Sex of HH Head |
Poverty Quintiles |
Convulsions |
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| <5 |
5+ |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Poorest |
Least Poor |
With |
Without |
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| 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% |
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| Non-Government |
14.1% |
10.0% |
12.2% |
16.0% |
12.6% |
9.8% |
9.3% |
9.8% |
2.8% |
15.5% |
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| 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% |
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| 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% |
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| Number |
320 |
402 |
164 |
156 |
485 |
204 |
54 |
51 |
36 |
284 |
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| Total |
722 |
320 |
689 |
105 |
320 |
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* 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 |
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