Table 1.
Information about the drug sale outlets and encounters.
| Division | D1 | D2 | D3 | D4 | Total (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drug Outlets | Pharmacy | Medical Store | Pharmacy | Medical Store | Pharmacy | Medical Store | Pharmacy | Medical Store | |
| Numbers of drug sale outlets per division | 9 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 92 |
| Drug outlet type | |||||||||
| Chain | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 26 (28.3) |
| Independent | 5 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 66 (71.7) |
| Location of drug sale outlets | |||||||||
| Urban | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 56 (60.9) |
| Rural | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 36 (39.1) |
| Presence of qualified person | |||||||||
| Yes | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 30 (32.6) |
| No | 6 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 62 (67.4) |
| No. of encounters | 1322 | 812 | 1405 | 736 | 2673 | 1436 | 1792 | 916 | 11,092 |
| Gender | |||||||||
| Male | 872 | 455 | 752 | 245 | 1671 | 652 | 967 | 507 | 6121 (55.2) |
| Female | 450 | 357 | 653 | 491 | 1002 | 784 | 825 | 409 | 4971 (44.8) |
| Age (years) | |||||||||
| <15 | 324 | 136 | 371 | 152 | 581 | 354 | 418 | 171 | 2507 (22.6) |
| 15–30 | 112 | 115 | 161 | 73 | 365 | 206 | 247 | 137 | 1416 (12.8) |
| 31–45 | 267 | 110 | 246 | 118 | 472 | 275 | 308 | 224 | 2020 (18.2) |
| 46–60 | 362 | 234 | 340 | 236 | 893 | 414 | 512 | 287 | 3278 (29.5) |
| >60 | 257 | 217 | 287 | 157 | 362 | 187 | 307 | 97 | 1871 (16.9) |
NB: D1–D4 refer to the Divisions in the Region.