Table 3.

Distribution of access to drinking water of the health facilities

Indicator	Modalities	Far North region(FN)						Littoral region(LT)						Total
		Kousseri (N = 15)		Mada (N = 11)		Total FN (N = 26)		Deido (N = 60)		Nylon (N = 48)		Total LT (N = 108)		LT + FN (N = 134)
		N	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Main water source at HF	CDE(pipe borne water)	3	20.0	1	9.1	4	15.4	55	91.7	24	50.0	79	73.1	83	61.9
	Borehole	10	66.7	8	72.7	18	69.2	5	8.3	21	43.8	26	24.1	44	32.8
	Unprotected Well	1	6.7	1	9.1	2	7.7	0	0.0	2	4.2	2	1.9	4	3.0
	Lake/River	0	0.0	1	9.1	1	3.8	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.7
	Others	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	2.1	1	0.9	1	0.7
	Does not exist	1	6.7	0	0.0	1	3.8	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.7
Main water source at HF	Improved	13	86.7	9	81.8	22	84.6	60	100.0	45	93.8	105	97.2	127	94.8
	Unimproved	1	6.7	2	18.2	3	11.5	0	0.0	3	6.3	3	2.8	6	4.5
	Does not exist	1	6.7	0	0.0	1	3.8	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.7
Secondary water source	Present	7	46.7	6	54.5	13	50.0	18	30.0	27	56.3	45	41.7	76	56.7
	Improved	4	26.7	4	36.4	8	30.8	9	15.0	9	18.8	18	16.7	26	19.4
Frequency of main source interruption	<  1 day	12	80.0	9	81.8	21	80.8	48	80.0	33	68.8	81	75.0	102	76.1
	1–7 days	3	20.0	2	18.2	5	19.2	12	20.0	15	31.2	27	35.0	32	23.9
	> 7 days	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Mean duration of Main source interruption	<  1 day	13	86.7	9	81.8	22	84.6	51	85.0	34	70.8	85	78.7	107	79.9
	1–7 days	2	13.3	2	18.2	4	15.4	9	15.0	14	29.2	23	21.3	27	20.1
	> 7 days	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0