Table 3 Children under five years with fever and those that sought advice or treatment in Uganda
Background characteristics | % with fever | # | % seek advice or treatment | % seek from one source | Place first sought treatment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Public | Private | Traditional | Other | Total | |||||
Rural - Urban | |||||||||
Urban | 47.8 | 396 | 68.5 | 97.2 | 26.8 | 73.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100 |
Rural | 44.3 | 3,353 | 83.9 | 92.0 | 46.8 | 51.7 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 100 |
Sub-region | |||||||||
Central 1 | 33.9 | 319 | 85.2 | 95.1 | 41.6 | 58.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100 |
Central 2 | 54.3 | 332 | 83.4 | 91.0 | 37.6 | 59.4 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 100 |
Kampala | 22.4 | 211 | 87.2 | 100.0 | 43.0 | 57.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100 |
East Central | 56.3 | 468 | 60.1 | 95.3 | 33.0 | 66.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 100 |
Mid-eastern | 30.1 | 402 | 83.5 | 87.9 | 43.6 | 47.0 | 9.1 | 0.3 | 100 |
North-east | 52.4 | 415 | 90.6 | 92.3 | 45.7 | 54.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100 |
Mid-northern | 66.1 | 422 | 91.2 | 91.1 | 47.7 | 52.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 100 |
West Nile | 51.8 | 461 | 81.4 | 89.5 | 46.6 | 50.6 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 100 |
Mid-western | 36.4 | 407 | 77.7 | 94.3 | 59.9 | 40.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100 |
South-western | 22.3 | 312 | 96.9 | 98.3 | 47.6 | 52.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100 |
Mother's education level | |||||||||
No education | 46.1 | 861 | 79.7 | 91.7 | 56.3 | 42.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 100 |
Primary | 45.8 | 2,281 | 82.1 | 92.6 | 43.0 | 55.5 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 100 |
Secondary | 40.0 | 541 | 81.3 | 94.3 | 36.0 | 62.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 100 |
Higher | 32.7 | 66 | 95.4 | 90.2 | 18.4 | 80.6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 100 |
Wealth index | |||||||||
Poorest | 55.1 | 971 | 82.9 | 91.5 | 51.4 | 47.6 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 100 |
Poorer | 45.2 | 727 | 85.4 | 92.7 | 42.4 | 54.5 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 100 |
Middle | 44.0 | 730 | 75.7 | 91.0 | 47.9 | 51.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 100 |
Richer | 40.4 | 695 | 87.6 | 91.7 | 37.6 | 62.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 100 |
Richest | 35.9 | 626 | 75.7 | 98.6 | 37.1 | 61.6 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 100 |
Total | 44.7 | 3,749 | 81.8 | 92.6 | 44.4 | 54.2 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 100 |