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[Preprint]. 2025 May 8:rs.3.rs-6406297. [Version 1] doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6406297/v1

Table 3.

Health status, surgical problems, and anatomical locations

Characteristic Total (n = 513)
Self-perceived good health status Yes 386 (75.2)
Prior use of Primary Health Center within past year Yes 495 (96.5)
Illness within past year Yes 394 (76.8)
Sought care from traditional healer Yes 106 (20.6)
Pathology of Issue Wounds only 152 (29.6)
Congenital deformities only 85 (16.6)
Burns 52 (10.1)
Soft-tissue growth/mass 52 (10.1)
Other 172 (33.5)
Number of Concerns 1 374 (72.9)
2 101 (19.7)
3 22 (4.3)
4 7 (1.3)
5 or more 9 (1.7)
Ongoing Concern Yes 282 (55.0)
Anatomical region affected a
Head/Face/Neck 247 (48.1)
Groin 75 (14.6)
Breast/Chest 33 (6.4)
Abdominal 99 (19.3)
Extremity 182 (35.5)
Back 25 (4.9)
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This variable represents the number and proportion of people who had at least one problem within the specified anatomical region out of a total of 513 participants. If a respondent had multiple problems within the same region, then the region was counted once.