Table 2.
Number of consultations by sex, age, and reason,with breakdown of category–A consultations
| 15–19 years | 20–24 years | 15–24 years combined | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reason for consultation | Male n (%) | Female n (%) | All n (%) | Male n (%) | Female n (%) | All n (%) | Male n (%) | Female n (%) | All n (%) |
| Category A: no oncological significance (total) | 606 (75.7) | 1234 (84.4) | 1840 (81.3) | 910 (70.7) | 2251 (79.7) | 3161 (76.8) | 1516 (72.6) | 3485 (81.3) | 5001 (78.4) |
| Skin complaint | 133 (21.9a) | 143 (11.6a) | 276 (15.0a) | 111 (12.2a) | 141 (6.3a) | 252 (8.0a) | 244 (16.1a) | 284 (8.1a) | 528 (10.6a) |
| Contraception or pregnancy related | 4 (0.7a) | 305 (24.7a) | 309 (16.8a) | 3 (0.3a) | 695 (30.9a) | 698 (22.1a) | 7 (0.5a) | 1000 (28.7a) | 1007 (20.1a |
| Known chronic illness/review of existing condition | 70 (11.6a) | 82 (6.6a) | 152 (8.3a) | 135 (14.9a) | 171 (7.6a) | 306 (9.7a) | 205 (13.5a) | 253 (7.3a) | 458 (9.2a) |
| Simple infection | 179 (29.5a) | 270 (21.9a) | 449 (24.4a) | 173 (19.0a) | 381 (16.9a) | 554 (17.5a) | 352 (23.2a) | 651 (18.7a) | 1003 (20.0a) |
| Mental health | 57 (9.4a) | 93 (7.5a) | 150 (8.2a) | 202 (22.2a) | 389 (17.3a) | 591 (18.7a) | 259 (17.1a) | 482 (13.8a) | 741 (14.8a) |
| Multiple issues | 28 (4.6a) | 144 (11.7a) | 172 (9.3a) | 60 (6.6a) | 221 (9.8a) | 281 (8.9a) | 88 (5.8a) | 365 (10.5a) | 453 (9.1a) |
| Acute non-oncological | 135 (22.3a) | 197 (16.0a) | 332 (18.0a) | 226 (24.8a) | 253 (11.2a) | 479 (15.1a) | 361 (23.8a) | 450 (12.9a) | 811 (16.2a) |
| Category B: may have some oncological significance | 46 (5.7) | 59 (4.0) | 105 (4.6) | 50 (3.9) | 100 (3.5) | 150 (3.6) | 96 (4.6) | 159 93.7) | 255 (4.0) |
| Category C: other clinical conditions | 37 (4.6) | 33 (2.3) | 70 (3.1) | 56 (4.3) | 171 (6.1) | 227 (5.5) | 93 (4.5) | 204 (4.8) | 297 (4.7) |
| Category D: no clinical condition | 111 (13.9) | 134 (9.2) | 245 (10.8) | 270 (21.0) | 302 (10.7) | 572 (13.9) | 381 (18.)2 | 436 (10.2) | 817 (12.8) |
| Category E: insufficient record of consultation | 1 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | 3 (0.1) | 2 (0.2) | 2 (0.1) | 4 (0.1) | 3 (0.1) | 4 (0.1) | 7 (0.1) |
| Total | 801 | 1462 | 2263 | 1288 | 2826 | 4114 | 2089 | 4288 | 6377 |
a
Proportion of all category A consultations.