Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of the study population.
| Characteristics (n = 200) | Categories | Number (%) | Patient delay (days) | System delay (days) | ||
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| Mean | Median | Mean | Median | |||
| Sex | Male | 129 (64.5) | 761.70 | 417 | 55.74 | 11 |
| Female | 71 (35.5) | 576 | 293 | 29.31 | 13 | |
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| Age (years) | 01–15 | 63 (31.5) | 542.17 | 290 | 37.62 | 13 |
| 16–30 | 80 (25.6) | 670.84 | 405.50 | 76 | 12 | |
| 31–45 | 37 (18.5) | 453.76 | 400 | 16.62 | 11 | |
| 46–60 | 15 (7.5) | 1171.13 | 814 | 12.13 | 10 | |
| >60 | 5 (2.5) | 446..40 | 344 | 10 | 5 | |
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| Residential status | Urban | 2 (1) | 22 | 22 | 62 | 62 |
| Rural | 198 (99) | 702.87 | 380 | 46.33 | 12 | |
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| Address (Upazila) | Gafargaon | 80 (40) | 579 | 251 | 26.06 | 11 |
| Trishal | 68 (34) | 674 | 417 | 40.12 | 12.50 | |
| Baluka | 21 (10.5) | 537.40 | 406.31 | 158 | 11 | |
| Mymensingh Sadar | 9 (4.5) | 392 | 344 | 17.11 | 18 | |
| Fulbaria | 5 (2.5) | 317.50 | 317.50 | 25.50 | 25.50 | |
| Muktagacha | 4 (2) | 251.30 | 173 | 13 | 11 | |
| Tangail | 9 (4.5) | 992.67 | 1174 | 12.11 | 6 | |
| Jamalpur | 4 (2) | 1979.50 | 1979.50 | 2 | 2 | |
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| Educational status | Illiterate | 45 (22.5) | 1063 | 1063 | 16 | 16 |
| Up to 5th classes | 108 (54) | 769.79 | 420 | 52.49 | 12 | |
| Up to 12th classes | 31 (15.5) | 223.33 | 163 | 24 | 10 | |
| Graduate or above | 16 (8) | 87.46 | 97 | 16 | 16 | |
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| Occupation of the population | Agriculture worker | 28 (14) | 594.71 | 600 | 14.18 | 11.50 |
| Business | 33 (16.5) | 1397..45 | 1109 | 11.55 | 10 | |
| Daily labor | 5 (2.5) | 1084.80 | 1600 | 15 | 13 | |
| Housewife | 31 (15.5) | 361 | 369 | 42.13 | 13 | |
| Student | 54 (27) | 537.48 | 294 | 19.13 | 12 | |
| Unemployed | 47 (23.5) | 653.85 | 251 | 127 | 13 | |
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| Household income per month (US$) | <100 | 152 (76) | 630.84 | 387 | 43 | 11 |
| 100–150 | 8 (4) | 1012 | 89.50 | 165.25 | 46.50 | |
| 151–200 | 38 (19) | 833.97 | 277 | 35.55 | 13 | |
| >200 | 2 (1) | 767 | 767 | 37 | 37 | |
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| Housing | Floor and wall made by mud | 195 (97.5) | 705.30 | 387 | 47.19 | 12 |
| Floor and wall made by brick and tin | 5 (2.5) | 335.80 | 179 | 18.80 | 15 | |