Table 5.

Five most frequent illnesses diagnosed at a clinic^* and treated by medication as reported by participants, differentiated by housing type.

Diagnoses reported	Main house occupants (n = 710)		Shack dwellers (n = 370)		P-value (Chi-square test)
	Number	%	Number	%
Hypertension*	42	5.9	9	2.4	0.01
Asthma*	32	4.5	17	4.6	0.95
Diabetes*	28	3.9	7	1.9	0.07
Arthritis*	25	3.5	2	0.5	<0.01
Epilepsy*	7	1.0	4	1.1	0.88
Substance use	89	53	80	47	0.66
Smoke cigarettes	106	49	110	51	0.23
Consume alcohol	23	56	18	44	0.03
Use drugs†	89	53	80	47	0.66

Notes:

^*These diagnoses were verified by inspecting the medication issued by the clinic in each home;

^†The nature of the drugs were not explored.