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Table 1 Demographics of study populations in three hospitals

From: Health care provider practices in diagnosis and treatment of malaria in rural communities in Kisumu County, Kenya

Parameters

Hospitals

Details

Enrollment

N (%)

Public 1

N (%)

Public 2

N (%)

Private

N (%)

Total enrollment

1131

317

488

326

Blood smear slide examination

936

317

307

312

Malaria rapid diagnosis test

126

0

126

0

Presumptive diagnosis

69

0

55

14

Gender

Male

464 (41.0)

127 (40.1)

195 (40.0)

142 (43.6)

Female

687 (59.0)

190 (59.9)

293 (60.0)

184 (56.4)

Age

 < 5 years

138 (12.2)

66 (20.8)

60 (12.3)

12 (3.7)

5–15 years

344 (30.4)

96 (30.3)

190 (38.9)

58 (17.8)

 ≥ 15 years

649 (57.4)

155 (48.9)

238 (48.8)

256 (78.5)

Education

lliterate

68 (6.0)

6 (1.9)

41 (8.5)

21 (6.4)

Pre-primary

85 (7.5)

68 (21.5)

9 (1.8%)

8 (2.5)

Primary

454 (40.1)

99 (31.2)

309 (63.3)

46 (14.1)

Secondary

349 (30.9)

107 (33.8)

120 (24.6)

122 (37.4)

College & above

175 (14.8)

37 (11.7)

9 (1.8)

129 (39.6)

Occupation

Farmer

135 (11.9)

39 (12.3)

59 (12.1)

37 (11.3)

Business person

227 (20.1)

42 (13.2)

120 (24.6)

65 (19.9)

Office worker

48 (4.2)

15 (4.7)

4 (0.8)

29 (8.9)

Unemployed

71 (6.3)

15 (4.7)

3 (0.6)

53 (16.3)

Student

529 (46.8)

138 (43.5)

266 (54.5)

125 (38.3)

Non-school child

103 (9.1)

66 (20.8)

31 (6.4)

6 (1.8)

Others

18 (1.6)

2 (0.6)

5 (1.0)

11 (3.4)