Table 1.
Demographic characteristics among community cholera deaths in Kadoma Urban, Gokwe North, and Chivi Districts, Zimbabwe, October 1, 2008–July 28, 2009
| Characteristic | No. (%) deaths from cholera outside a health facility | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kadoma Urban, n = 52* | Gokwe North, n = 37* | Chivi, n = 55* | P | |
| Mean age, years (median) | 40 (37) | 46 (40) | 42 (37) | 0.40 (mean), 0.63 (median) |
| 5–20 | 6 (12) | 7 (19) | 12 (22) | 0.32 |
| 21–35 | 17 (33) | 7 (19) | 14 (25) | |
| 36–50 | 17 (33) | 8 (22) | 12 (22) | |
| ≥ 51 | 12 (23) | 15 (40) | 17 (31) | |
| Male sex | 31 (60) | 16 (43) | 33 (60) | 0.22 |
| Married | 21 (40) | 21 (57) | 23 (42) | 0.25 |
| Religion† | n = 52 | n = 37 | n = 55 | < 0.001 |
| None | 14 (27) | 1 (3) | 8 (15) | |
| Apostolic (Marange or other) | 17 (33) | 22 (59) | 9 (16) | |
| Protestant | 8 (15) | 1 (3) | 8 (15) | |
| Catholic | 5 (10) | 1 (3) | 5 (9) | |
| Zionist | 1 (2) | 1 (3) | 11 (20) | |
| Other | 6 (12) | 2 (5) | 13 (24) | |
| Traditional ancestral beliefs | 1 (2) | 9 (24) | 1 (2) | |
| Education† | n = 46 | n = 37 | n = 55 | 0.002 |
| None | 2 (4) | 13 (35) | 12 (22) | |
| Primary | 15 (33) | 14 (38) | 22 (40) | |
| Secondary | 26 (57) | 8 (22) | 16 (29) | |
| Tertiary | 3 (7) | 2 (5) | 5 (9) | |
| Any income | n = 52 | n = 37 | n = 54 | < 0.001 |
| 30 (58) | 5 (14) | 7 (13) | ||
*
Percentage adjusted for missing information.
†
By Fisher's exact test.