Individuals with recent acute fever (N) | Poor | Non-Poor | Outside Capital | Within Capital | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
652 | 1384 | 1671 | 329 | |||
Proportion Estimates(95% Confindence Intervals) | Pearson chi2 | Proportion Estimates(95% Confindence Intervals) | Pearson chi2 | |||
Country | p<0.001 | p<0.001 | ||||
Gambia | 8.2(5.1,13.2) | 20.2(12.8,30.4) | 6.8(4.3,10.8) | 25.9 | ||
Ghana | 9.0(5.1,15.3) | 14.7(10.0,21.0) | 15.2(10.1,22.3) | 5.6(1.8,16.2) | ||
Kenya | 33.9(23.5,46.1) | 18.3(12.3,26.4) | 29.2(20.7,39.5) | 4.3(1.6,11.3) | ||
Negeria | 16.4(9.7,26.4) | 20..4(14.2,28.4) | 21.2(14.5,29.8) | 12.7(5.0,28.9) | ||
Uganda | 32.5(22.1,44.9) | 26.4(18.3,36.1) | 27.6(19.3,37.9) | 30.5(13.7, 54.9) | ||
Female | 52.7(48.3,57.2) | 55.9(52.3,59.3) | ns | 54.1(51.2,57.0) | 57.4(50.0,64.4) | ns |
Age umder | 44.4(38.8,50.1) | 36.5(33.2,40.0) | ns | 40.3(36.7,44.1) | 34.7(229.9,39.9) | ns |
Very severe fever | 19.6(15.8,24.1) | 19.6(17.1,22.4) | ns | 21.8(19.1,24.9) | 12.6(9.5,16.4) | p<0.001 |
Reported associated symptoms | ns | ns | ||||
Upper respiratory (cough, runny nose, sore throat, earache) | 33.5(27.9,39.6) | 36.0(31.4,40.8) | ns | 36.8(32.4,41.4) | 30.1(22.7,38.7) | ns |
Difficulty breathing, fast breathing | 7.1(5.1,9.8) | 6.0(4.5,7.9) | ns | 7.1(5.6,9.1) | 3.8(2.0,7.3) | ns |
Gastro-interstinal (diarrhea, nausea, could not eat) | 25.1(20.8,29.9) | 22.8(19.0,27.0) | ns | 23.5(20.5,26.8) | 23.5(15.1,34.7) | ns |
All other symptoms | 35.9(28.44.2) | 42.2(37.2,47.3) | ns | 38.7(33.0,44.8) | 44.8(35.5,54.4) | ns |
Actions taken | ||||||
Sought care outside home | 88.3(84.4,91.4) | 93.4(91.8,94.8) | p<0.005 | 91.1(88.8,92.9) | 94.3(91.6,96.1) | ns |
traveled more than one hour to recieve care | 23.3(16.6,31.6) | 13.1(10.6,15.9) | p<0.001 | 17.4(13.7,22.0) | 12.5(8.3,18.5) | ns |
received in a public health facility | 52.1(46.1,58.0) | 50.8(46.1,55.4) | ns | 53.6(49.2,57.9) | 43.6(33.7,54.0) | p<0.05 |
Treatment | ||||||
Received medicines | 95.3(92.6,97.0) | 96.4(94.8,97.5) | ns | 96.6(95.3,97.5) | 94.4(89.5,97.0) | ns |
obtained all medicines free-of-charge | 31.2(25.4,37.7) | 30.6(26.1,35.6) | ns | 32.8(27.7,38.8) | 24.4(17.7,32.6) | ns |
Received antimalarials | 64.2(59.1,68.9) | 68.3(64.9,71.5) | ns | 67.5(63.9,70.9) | 65.4(59.6,70.8) | ns |
obtained antimalarials and other medicines in public facility | 36.7(31.1,42.7) | 33.5(29.8,37.4) | ns | 36.7(40.9) | 27.5(20.2,36.2) | ns |
received ACT | 18.5(13.9,24.2) | 15.2(12.2,18.7) | ns | 18.5(15.2,22.4) | 9.0(4.7,16.7) | p<0.05 |
obtained ACT and other medicines in public in facility | 13.5(9.8,18.5) | 10.6(8.3,13.5) | ns | 14.4(11.5,17.8) | 2.7(1.1,6.2) | p<0.0001 |
obtained all medicines including ACT free-of-charge | 10.3(7.0,15.0) | 6.9(5.0,9.4) | ns | 9.9(7.4,13.1) | 1.7(0.6,4.5) | p<0.001 |
Received antibiotics | 31.3(26.9,36.0) | 31.4(27.5,35.6) | ns | 34.8(31.2,38.5) | 20.7(14.28.5) | p<0.005 |
Received analgesics or NSAIDs | 65.2(59.9,70.2) | 70.6(67.3,73.8) | p<0.05 | 69.3(66.2,72.3) | 67.6(58.7,75.4) | ns |