Table 1.
Health-seeking behaviour, by gender among 5,795 responders to the adult HCU survey in Agincourt sub-district in 2010
| Women | Men | Total | ||
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| Variables | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | p |
| Last time health care was needed (n=5,795) | ||||
| <1 year | 3,863 (89.2) | 1,193 (81.6) | 5,056 (87.2) | <0.001 |
| 1–3 years | 204 (4.7) | 84 (5.7) | 288 (5.0) | |
| >3 years | 266 (6.1) | 185 (12.7) | 451 (7.8) | |
| Health problems needing health care <1 year before survey (n=5,056) | ||||
| Non-communicable diseasesa | 1,649 (42.7) | 422 (35.4) | 2,071 (41.0) | <0.001 |
| Acute diseasesb | 1,053 (27.3) | 295 (24.7) | 1,348 (26.6) | |
| Other diseasesc | 977 (25.3) | 351 (29.4) | 1,328 (26.3) | |
| Chronic communicable diseased | 99 (2.6) | 71 (6.0) | 170 (3.4) | |
| Injuries | 85 (2.5) | 54 (4.5) | 139 (2.7) | |
| Hospitalisation <1 year before survey (n=5,056) | ||||
| No | 2,866 (74.2) | 846 (70.9) | 3,712 (73.4) | 0.025 |
| Yes | 997 (25.8) | 347 (29.1) | 1,344 (26.6) | |
| Disability requiring treatment <1 year before survey (n=5,056) | ||||
| No | 3,660 (94.8) | 1,122 (94.0) | 4,782 (94.6) | 0.353 |
| Yes | 203 (5.2) | 71 (6.0) | 274 (5.4) | |
| Health care use by responders who needed health care <1 year before survey (n=5,056) | ||||
| No | 129 (3.3) | 50 (4.2) | 179 (3.5) | 0.164 |
| Yes | 3,734 (96.7) | 1,143 (95.8) | 4,877 (96.5) | |
| Actions taken by responders who used health care <1 year before survey (n=4,877) | ||||
| Public health facility | 3,132 (83.9) | 881 (77.1) | 4,013 (82.3) | 0.001 |
| Private health facility | 239 (6.4) | 120 (10.5) | 359 (7.4) | |
| Othere | 229 (6.1) | 105 (9.2) | 334 (6.9) | |
| Self-medication | 105 (2.8) | 28 (2.5) | 133 (2.7) | |
| Faith or traditional healer | 14 (0.4) | 3 (0.2) | 17 (0.3) | |
| None | 15 (0.4) | 6 (0.5) | 21 (0.4) | |
a
Hypertension, diabetes, stroke, sleep disorder, chronic pain in joints, depression, anxiety, cancer, heart problems.
b
Fever and flu.
c
Musculoskeletal pain.
d
HIV and TB
e
Change diet and exercise.