Table 1. Pattern of health seeking behaviour following snakebite.
Primary heath seeking behaviour | Secondary health seeking behaviour | ||||
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Allopathic treatment | Traditional treatment | Allopathic treatment | Traditional treatment | ||
Envenomed | (n = 321) | 227 (70.7%) | 94 (29.2%) | 47 (14.6%) | 37 (11.5%) |
Non-envenomed | (n = 361) | 154 (42,7%) | 207 (57.3%) | 16 (4.4%) | 15 (4.1%) |
Inpatient care | (n = 369) | 346 (93.8%) | 23 (6.2%) | Not available | Not available |
All the percentages are calculated using row totals (i.e. numbers given in the first column). Inpatient care includes both envenomed and non-envenomed individuals. Secondary health seeking denotes number of individuals from those who had sought primary health seeking initially.