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. 2017 Aug 16;12(8):e0181028. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181028

Table 2. Health needs and care seeking behaviours in the two weeks preceding the survey.

Infants (<1) Young children (1–4) Older children (5–14) Male adults (15–59) Female adults (15–59) Elderly (60+)
% (CI) % (CI) % (CI) % (CI) % (CI) % (CI)
Needed care in the last two weeks 18.0 (11.6–26.8) 7.8 (6.0–10.1) 3.4 (2.6–4.3) 4.4 (3.4–5.5) 9.3 (7.9–10.9) 18.5 (13.6–24.6)
Reasons for needing care
Respiratory infection 33.3 (15.2–58.1) 35.1 (23.5–48.7) 18.6 (10.7–30.3) 12.3 (6.8–21.2) 10.5 (6.5–16.5) 15.8 (7.6–30.1)
Diarrhoea 33.2 (15.2–58.0) 27.8 (17.1–41.9) 10.7 (5.2–20.8) 13.1 (6.6–24.4) 8.9 (4.9–15.4) 3.5 (0.9–12.4)
Fever 13.9 (5.0–33.1) 10.7 (5.1–21.2) 7.3 (3.1–16.2) 2.8 (0.8–9.6) 2.9 (1.2–7.0)
Skin problem 15.2 (4.4–41.1) 8.2 (2.6–22.9) 13.9 (6.7–26.6) 3.5 (1.0–11.8) 4.0 (1.8–8.5) 2.2 (0.3–14.4)
Urinary tract infection 3.2 (0.8–12.0) 10.6 (4.9–21.4) 17.3 (9.3–29.9) 19.0 (13.4–26.3) 9.5 (3.0–26.6)
Gynaecological problem 12.5 (7.4–20.4)
Eye problem 12.2 (4.7–28.1) 5.8 (2.5–6.4) 2.8 (1.2–6.4) 21.4 (10.4–39.0)
Ear problem 2.9 (0.8–10.1) 1.0 (0.2–4.5) 2.6 (0.1–7.5) 2.2 (0.7–6.6)
Chronic health condition 1.7 (0.2–11.3) 2.5 (0.1–10.0) 9.8 (3.8–23.2) 5.2 (2.7–9.8) 16.8 (7.7–32.8)
Mental health problem 2.6 (0.6–10.6) 8.0 (3.4–17.6) 7.6 (3.7–14.7) 15.0 (9.7–20.4) 6.2 (2.0–17.9)
Injury 1.6 (0.4–6.7) 9.8 (4.9–18.7) 1.8 (0.6–4.9) 1.1 (0.1–7.3)
Other 4.4 (0.6–25.6) 7.7 (3.4–16.5) 13.7 (6.7–26.0) 15.4 (9.1–25.1) 15.2 (10.1–22.2) 23.4 (12.6–39.4)
Received care
No 8.4 (2.8–22.3) 8.4 (3.7–18.0) 9.0 (4.5–17.1) 7.8 (4.6–12.9) 4.1 (0.9–16.5)
Camp PHCC 32.1 (14.7–56.3) 28.3 (18.5–40.6) 41.4 (29.3–54.7) 24.5 (15.9–35.7) 16.5 (11.3–23.5) 13.8 (6.3–27.6)
Public hospital 23.5 (8.7–49.5) 44.9 (31.8–58.8) 23.5 (13.6–37.5) 17.0 (9.4–28.8) 23.7 (21.5–37.3) 21.8 (10.9–38.8)
Private clinic 44.5 (23.7–67.3) 18.4 (9.9–31.7) 26.7 (16.1–37.5) 49.6 (37.7–61.6) 46.9 (38.7–55.3) 60.3 (43.3–75.2)