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. 2024 Dec 18;24:1566. doi: 10.1186/s12913-024-12002-y

Table 1.

Summary of demographic characteristics

Characteristics Overall NMAH RFH SEH TH
n (%) 662 (100.0) 163 (24.6) 167 (25.2) 166 (25.1) 166 (25.1)
Sex; n (%)
 Female 474 (71.6) 113 (69.3) 120 (71.9) 109 (65.7) 132 (79.5)
 Male 188 (28.4) 50 (30.7) 47 (28.1) 57 (34.3) 34 (20.5)
Agea, years; med (IQR) 47 (27.0) 53 (27.0) 42 (26.0) 50 (29.0) 40 (28.0)
Agea, years; n (%)
 18–29 123 (18.7) 12 (7.4) 38 (22.8) 26 (15.7) 47 (28.8)
 30–39 127 (19.3) 30 (18.4) 35 (21.0) 31 (18.7) 31 (19.0)
 40–49 117 (17.8) 30 (18.4) 30 (18.0) 25 (15.1) 32 (19.6)
 50–69 216 (32.8) 62 (38.0) 52 (31.1) 55 (33.1) 47 (28.8)
 70–90 76 (11.5) 29 (17.8) 12 (7.2) 29 (17.5) 6 (3.7)
Requires assistance with disabilityb, x; n (%)
 Yes 133 (20.2) 38 (23.3) 36 (21.6) 18 (10.9) 41 (25.3)
 No 524 (79.8) 125 (76.7) 131 (78.4) 147 (89.1) 121 (74.7)
Previous visits to this health facility; n (%)
 Yes 518 (78.5) 148 (91.4) 125 (74.9) 125 (75.3) 120 (72.7)
 No 142 (21.5) 14 (8.6) 42 (25.2) 41 (24.7) 45 (27.3)
More than 2-hours to get to hospital; n (%)
 Yes 350 (52.9) 107 (65.6) 82 (49.1) 67 (40.4) 94 (56.6)
 No 312 (47.1) 56 (34.4) 85 (50.9) 99 (59.6) 72 (43.4)

NMAH Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital, RFH Rob Ferreira Hospital, SEH St. Elizabeth Hospital, TH Themba Hospital

aTH has 3 participant responses with missing age; bSEH has 1 participant response missing; xTH has 4 participant response missing