Table 3.
Children under five years with fever and those that sought advice or treatment in Uganda
| Background characteristics | % with fever | # | % seek advice or treatment | % seek from one source |
Place first sought treatment |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public | Private | Traditional | Other | Total | |||||
| Rural - Urban |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Urban |
47.8 |
396 |
68.5 |
97.2 |
26.8 |
73.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
100 |
| Rural |
44.3 |
3,353 |
83.9 |
92.0 |
46.8 |
51.7 |
1.5 |
0.1 |
100 |
| Sub-region |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Central 1 |
33.9 |
319 |
85.2 |
95.1 |
41.6 |
58.4 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
100 |
| Central 2 |
54.3 |
332 |
83.4 |
91.0 |
37.6 |
59.4 |
3.0 |
0.0 |
100 |
| Kampala |
22.4 |
211 |
87.2 |
100.0 |
43.0 |
57.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
100 |
| East Central |
56.3 |
468 |
60.1 |
95.3 |
33.0 |
66.9 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
100 |
| Mid-eastern |
30.1 |
402 |
83.5 |
87.9 |
43.6 |
47.0 |
9.1 |
0.3 |
100 |
| North-east |
52.4 |
415 |
90.6 |
92.3 |
45.7 |
54.4 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
100 |
| Mid-northern |
66.1 |
422 |
91.2 |
91.1 |
47.7 |
52.2 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
100 |
| West Nile |
51.8 |
461 |
81.4 |
89.5 |
46.6 |
50.6 |
2.8 |
0.0 |
100 |
| Mid-western |
36.4 |
407 |
77.7 |
94.3 |
59.9 |
40.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
100 |
| South-western |
22.3 |
312 |
96.9 |
98.3 |
47.6 |
52.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
100 |
| Mother's education level |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
| No education |
46.1 |
861 |
79.7 |
91.7 |
56.3 |
42.7 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
100 |
| Primary |
45.8 |
2,281 |
82.1 |
92.6 |
43.0 |
55.5 |
1.5 |
0.1 |
100 |
| Secondary |
40.0 |
541 |
81.3 |
94.3 |
36.0 |
62.7 |
1.0 |
0.2 |
100 |
| Higher |
32.7 |
66 |
95.4 |
90.2 |
18.4 |
80.6 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
100 |
| Wealth index |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Poorest |
55.1 |
971 |
82.9 |
91.5 |
51.4 |
47.6 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
100 |
| Poorer |
45.2 |
727 |
85.4 |
92.7 |
42.4 |
54.5 |
3.0 |
0.1 |
100 |
| Middle |
44.0 |
730 |
75.7 |
91.0 |
47.9 |
51.2 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
100 |
| Richer |
40.4 |
695 |
87.6 |
91.7 |
37.6 |
62.3 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
100 |
| Richest |
35.9 |
626 |
75.7 |
98.6 |
37.1 |
61.6 |
1.4 |
0.0 |
100 |
| Total | 44.7 | 3,749 | 81.8 | 92.6 | 44.4 | 54.2 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 100 |
# is number of children.