Table 3.

Type and provider of initial care in fatal acute febrile Illness / malaria by age group, sex, socio-economic status, and type of illness in the Rufiji DSS sentinel area, 1999–2001

Type of Care	Provider	Age		Sex of Child		Sex of HH Head		Poverty Quintiles		Convulsions
		<5	5+	Male	Female	Male	Female	Poorest	Least Poor	With	Without
Modern Care	Government	44.7%	31.1%**	46.4%	42.9%	38.6%	33.3%	42.6%	51.0%	55.6%	43.3%
	Home / Shops	20.0%	36.1%**	21.3%	18.6%	28.2%	31.9%	22.2%	15.7%	19.4%	20.1%
	Non-Government	14.1%	10.0%	12.2%	16.0%	12.6%	9.8%	9.3%	9.8%	2.8%	15.5%
Traditional Care	TM at Practitioner	6.6%	6.5%	7.3%	5.8%	2.1%	2.9%	7.4%	5.9%	16.7%	5.3%*
	TM at Home	2.8%	1.7%	1.2%	4.5%	6.0%	7.8%	1.9%	3.9%	0.0%	3.2%
No Care	None	11.9%	14.4%	11.6%	12.2%	12.0%	14.3%	16.7%	13.7%	5.6%	12.7%
		100%	33%	100.0%	100.0%	100%	100.0%	100%	100%	100%	95%
	Number	320	402	164	156	485	204	54	51	36	284
	Total		722		320		689		105		320

* Significant at 5% level; ** Significant at 1% level TM Traditional Medicine or Practice HH Household. Note, 33 households had a change in headship during the study period and were excluded from the analysis in the sex of HH Head column.