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. 2014 Sep 30;9(9):e105428. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105428

Table 1. Characteristics of clients seeking care at a primary care clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Overall Male Female
Number of clinic visits 26515 7831 18684
Number of individual clinic clients, n (%) 12078 3687 (30.5) 8391 (69.5)
Number of visits per client, median (range) 2 (1–11) 2 (1–11) 2 (1–10)
Age at first visit
Median (IQR) 35 (28–43) 36 (30–44) 34 (27–43)
18–29 years 3799 (31.5) 920 (24.2) 2879 (34.3)
30–39 years 4221 (35.0) 1375 (37.3) 2846 (33.9)
40–49 years 2407 (19.9) 876 (23.8) 1531 (18.3)
≥50 years 1651 (13.7) 516 (14.0) 1135 (13.5)
Pregnancy status at first visit, n (%)*
Pregnant 1360 (16.8)
Not pregnant 6729 (83.2)
Nationality, n (%)#
Born in South Africa 8172 (67.8) 2395 (65.1) 5777 (68.9)
Born outside of South Africa 3890 (32.3) 1285 (34.9) 2605 (31.1)
Employment status at first visit, n (%)**
Employed 5827 (48.3) 1966 (53.4) 3861 (46.0)
Not employed 6246 (51.7) 1717 (46.6) 4529 (54.0)

IQR: interquartile range;

* pregnancy status missing in 302 (3.6%) of women;

#

nationality missing in 16 (0.1%) individuals;

** employment status missing in 5 (0.0) individuals.