Table 1 Observed proportions of treatment choices among care-givers of children with fever, by districts of Malawi.
From: Choice of treatment for fever at household level in Malawi: examining spatial patterns
Region/District | Choice of Treatment Provider | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Home (%)†| Shop (%) | Hospital (%) | Others†(%) | N ‡ |
North | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Chitipa | 24.4 | 17.8 | 42.2 | 15.6 | 45 |
Karonga | 35.1 | 29.2 | 29.5 | 6.3 | 271 |
Mzimba | 33.3 | 23.1 | 28.2 | 15.4 | 195 |
Nkhatabay | 40 | 14.7 | 28 | 17.3 | 75 |
Rumphi | 50 | 14.3 | 35.7 | 15 | 26 |
All | 34.7 | 24.2 | 30 | 11.2 | 612 |
Central | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Dedza | 20.5 | 39.8 | 26.5 | 13.3 | 116 |
Dowa | 36.7 | 32.8 | 20.5 | 10 | 229 |
Kasungu | 27.5 | 42.9 | 19 | 10.6 | 273 |
Lilongwe | 14.3 | 51.7 | 25.1 | 8.9 | 259 |
Mchinji | 13.3 | 40 | 29.5 | 17.1 | 105 |
Nkhotakota | 42.4 | 20.3 | 28 | 9.3 | 118 |
Ntcheu | 26.4 | 34.8 | 30.3 | 8.4 | 178 |
Ntchisi | 30.7 | 21.3 | 29.3 | 18.7 | 75 |
Salima | 18.9 | 45.1 | 28 | 8 | 275 |
All | 24.8 | 39.2 | 25.3 | 10.5 | 1678 |
South | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Blantyre | 22.4 | 39 | 32 | 6.6 | 241 |
Chikwawa | 15.8 | 34.5 | 36.4 | 13.3 | 165 |
Chiradzulu | 31.8 | 33.3 | 19.7 | 15.2 | 66 |
Machinga | 29.7 | 37.6 | 25.8 | 7 | 229 |
Mangochi | 28.2 | 35.2 | 28.7 | 7.9 | 216 |
Mulanje | 20.8 | 46.9 | 22.5 | 9.8 | 307 |
Mwanza | 31.1 | 37.8 | 22.2 | 8.9 | 45 |
Nsanje | 17.7 | 34.2 | 31.6 | 16.5 | 79 |
Thyolo | 10.1 | 53.8 | 23.1 | 13 | 208 |
Zomba | 18.7 | 41.1 | 28.2 | 12 | 241 |
Phalombe | 22.7 | 45.5 | 18.2 | 13.6 | 88 |
Balaka | 8.6 | 55.7 | 31.4 | 4.3 | 70 |
All | 21.2 | 41.6 | 27.1 | 10.2 | 1955 |
Total | 26.5 | 35.2 | 27.5 | 10.6 | 4245 |