Table 1. Summary of reported cases by paper-based and SMS forms.

Variable	Bensa Woreda			Hawella Tula Woreda
	Data reported by paper based form	Data reported by SMS		Data reported by paper based form	Data reported by SMS
Lymphoedema
Total cases reported	1,884	1,812		405	384
Number of cases reported (male)	897 (47.6%)	826 (45.6%)		181 (44.7%)	170 (44.3%)
Number of cases reported (female)	987 (52.4%)	986 (54.4%)		224 (55.3%)	214 (55.7%)
Number of cases not staged*	2	65		0	5
Number of mild cases reported	1,171 (62.2%)	1,116 (63.9%)		235 (58%)	231 (60.9%)
Number of moderate cases reported	566 (30.0%)	540 (30.9%)		146 (36%)	128 (33.8%)
Number of severe cases reported	145 (7.7%)	91 (5.2%)		24 (6%)	20 (5.3%)
Mean age of reported cases	45.27	45.02		46.24	46.04
Prevalence of cases per 10,000 total population	61.19	58.85		26.50	25.12
Hydrocele
Number of cases reported (male)	54	112		4	22
Mean age of reported cases	45.78	44.83		46.51	46.03
Prevalence of cases per 10,000 male population	3.46	7.18		0.52	2.85
Both conditions
Number of cases reported (male)	29	38		1	4
Number of cases not staged	0	6		0	0
Number of mild cases reported	17 (58.6%)	16 (50%)		1 (100%)	1 (25%)
Number of moderate cases reported	10 (34.5%)	15 (46.9%)		0 (0%)	1 (25%)
Number of severe cases reported	2 (6.9%)	1 (3.1%)		0 (0%)	2 (50%)
Mean age of reported cases	45.80	45.19		81.00	45.86
Prevalence of cases per 10,000 male population	1.86	2.44		0.13	0.52
All conditions
Total cases reported	1,967	1,962		410	410
Number of cases reported (male)	980 (49.8%)	976 (49.7%)		186 (45.4%)	196 (47.8%)
Number of cases reported (female)	987 (50.2%)	986 (50.3%)		224 (54.6%)	214 (52.2%)
Mean age of reported cases	45.37	45.02		46.24	46.04
Prevalence of cases per 10,000 total population	63.89	63.73		26.82	26.82

*, breast lymphoedema were severity was not staged.