Table 2.

Number of health consultations of VL patients before reaching the treatment hospital/PHC

	Number of consultations before arriving in treating hospital/PHC
	Total	Bihar	Nepal	Male	Female	First episode	Recurrent episode
N	95	49	46	60	35	87	8
Mean (consultations)	2,0	2,6	1,4	1,9	2,1	2,0	1,6
95% Confidence Int.	1.7-2.3	2.2-3.0	1.1-1.7	1.6-2.3	1.6-2.7	1.7-2.3	0.5-2.7
Std. Error (SEM)	0.15	0.21	0.16	0.17	0.27	0.15	0.46
Std. Deviation (SD)	1,4	1,5	1,1	1,7	1,6	1,4	1,3
Kolmogorov-Smirnov	p < 0.01	p < 0.01	p < 0.01	p < 0.01	p < 0.01	p < 0.01	p = 0.114
Mann-Whitney U-Test		p < 0.001		p = 0.631		p = 0.530
Median	2	2	1	2	2	2	2
Interquartile range	2	2	1	2	2	2	2
Full range	7	7	4	6	7	7	4

Data is given as total as well as stratified by nationality, sex and VL history.