Table 5.

Pattern of the health-seeking behaviour of subjects

Variable	Frequency	Percentage
Place of initial care
None	47	77.0
Hospital of lower status	11	18.0
Same hospital	3	5.0
Total	61	100.0
Duration of admission before death
≤24 hours	8	13.1
25-48 hours	19	31.2
49-96 hours	27	44.3
97 hours - 10 days	6	9.8
>10 days	1	1.6
Total	61	100.0