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. 2009 Nov 11;2:10.3402/gha.v2i0.2088. doi: 10.3402/gha.v2i0.2088

Table 1.

Type of fuel reported among respondents in Nounaa

Fuel typeb Respondents reporting use (%)b Daily consumption rate (kg/capita/day) Yearly national consumption
Waste (e.g. crops and dung) 0.9 N/A N/A
Wood 98.2 1.48 (41) 5.64 Tg (41)
Charcoal 72.9 0.03 (41) 0.13 Tg (41)
Liquid petroleum gas 2.3 N/A N/A
Electricity 0.0 N/A 500,000 MWh (44)

aRespondents from the Demographic and Surveillance System (DSS) survey on demographics and health from a catchment area of approximately 1,775 km2 covering 74,000 households (43).

bOut of a sample of 221 respondents. Many households reported using multiple types of fuel. (Yamamoto unpublished, 2009).