Table 5 Prevalence of fever with shivering in past 15 days prior to the day of survey and relevant health-seeking behaviour %
|  | South-eastern districts | North-eastern districts | χ2 significance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | M | F | All | M | F | All | Â |
| Â | a | b | c | d | e | f | C vs f |
Had fever with shivering in last 15 days | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | p < 0.001 |
N | 10147 | 9675 | 19822 | 16025 | 14962 | 30987 | Â |
Health-seeking behaviour | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   No treatment | 35.8 | 41.3 | 38.7 | 20.5 | 25.4 | 22.7 |  |
   Self-treatment | 10.4 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 15.1 | 11.9 | 13.6 |  |
   Drug store salespeople | 35.3 | 29.6 | 32.3 | 45.2 | 49.2 | 47.0 |  |
   Paraprofessionals | 2.3 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 3.0 |  |
   Professional allopaths (MBBS doctors) | 14.5 | 11.6 | 13.0 | 16.4 | 8.5 | 12.9 |  |
   Others | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.8 |  |
χ2 significance | ns |  |  | ns |  |  |  |
N | 173 | 189 | 362 | 73 | 59 | 132 | Â |