Table 4.
Distribution of Tenwek Hospital EC cases, by ethnic group
| Ethnicity | 1989–1998 | 1999–2007 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Hospital Population* |
EC Patients | General Hospital Population *** |
EC Patients | |||||
| Within traditional catchment area ** (83.4%) |
Outside traditional catchment area (16.6%) |
Total* | Within traditional catchment area (62%) |
Outside traditional catchment area (38%) |
Total | |||
| Kalenjin | 95% | 90.8% | 61.5% | 92% | 87.1% | 86.2% | 22.9% | 65.6% |
| Kisii | 2% | 8.4% | 26.9% | 6% | 3.8% | 11.9% | 21.5% | 16.4% |
| Luo | 1.5% | - | 11.5% | 2% | 1.5% | 0.7% | 21.5% | 9.1% |
| Kikuyu | - | - | - | - | 1.3% | 0.5% | 16.0 | 6.9% |
| Maasai | 1.3% | - | - | <1% | 4.0% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 0.5% |
*
From White et al. Lancet 2002
**
Calculations requiring catchment area only include patients diagnosed since 1993
***
General Hospital Population data was calculated from 698 randomly selected inpatient admissions during the time period