Table 1. Demographic characteristics of patients in the 5 health facilities.
| Specimens status | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Positive | Negative | Total | Chi-square (p-value) | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Gender * | Female | 362 (52.7) | 2897 (48.7) | 3259 (49.2) | 3.578 (0.053) |
| Male | 325 (47.3) | 325 (51.3) | 3366 (50.8) | ||
| Age** | Under 1 year | 93 (13.6) | 1630 (27.5) | 1,723 (26.0) | 96.3 (<0.0001) |
| 1–4 years | 388 (56.6) | 3266 (55.0) | 3,654 (55.2) | ||
| 5 years plus | 205 (29.8) | 1038 (17.5) | 1,243 (18.8) | ||
| Education | None | 605 (88.1) | 5407 (91.0) | 6,012 (90.7) | |
| Primary | 56 (8.2) | 394 (6.6) | 450 (6.8) | 7.698 (0.021) | |
| Secondary plus | 26 (3.8) | 140 (2.4) | 166 (2.5) | ||
| Health Facility | Bugiri District Hospital | 44 (6.4) | 637 (10.7) | 681 (10.3) | 85.5 (<0.0001) |
| Gulu Regional Referral Hospital | 107 (15.6) | 1574 (26.5) | 1681 (25.4) | ||
| Jinja Regional Referral Hospital | 138 (20.1) | 1228 (20.7) | 1366 (20.6) | ||
| Kayunga District Hospital | 11 (1.6) | 158 (2.7) | 169 (2.6) | ||
| Mulago National Referral Hospital | 387 (56.3) | 2344 (39.5) | 2731 (41.2) | ||
| Total | 687 | 5941 | 6628 | ||
Mean (SD) Age = 3.8 (7.0): Median (IQR) = 2 (2)
*3 missing gender and
**8 missing age