Table 6.

Medical consultation (%) during terminal illness by age and sex, 2003-2004

Age and sex of the deceased* (and no. of cases)	None	Doctors	Paramedics	Village doctors†	Homeopath	Kabiraj (herbalist)	Spiritual healer
15-59 years (n=569)	11.4	30.9	1.4	49.9	1.8	4.2	0.3
60+ years (n=1,770)	11.7	24.7	1.8	59.1	0.7	1.7	0.2
Male (n=1,261)	10.0	30.3	1.7	54.8	0.9	2.1	0.3
Female (n=1,078)	13.5	21.4	1.8	59.3	1.1	2.7	0.2
All (n=2,339)	11.6	26.2	1.7	56.9	1.0	2.3	0.3

*Excluded 57 deceased who died of accident or injury on the spot;

†Untrained practitioners of allopathic medicine and allopathic drug-sellers