Table 2.

Level of agreement between the Health Extension Workers (HEW) and the health officers (observation and re-examination) classification of childhood illnesses in four regions of Ethiopia, December 2016 to February 2017

Childhood illnesses classification by HEWs	Childhood illnesses classification by re-examination
	Yes		No		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Fever or malaria
Yes	69	11.1	43	6.9	112	18.1
No	64	10.3	443	71.6	507	81.9
Total	133	21.5	486	78.5	619	100.0
Acute respiratory tract infection
Yes	63	10.2	30	4.8	93	15.0
No	44	7.1	482	77.8	526	85.0
Total	107	17.3	512	82.7	619	100.0
Diarrhoea or dysentery
Yes	210	33.9	12	1.9	222	35.9
No	25	4.0	372	60.1	397	64.1
Total	235	37.9	384	62.0	619	100.0
Malnutrition
Yes	26	4.2	5	0.8	31	5.0
No	41	6.6	546	88.3	587	95.0
Total	67	10.8	551	89.1	618	100.0
Ear infection
Yes	25	4.1	3	0.5	28	4.6
No	16	2.6	570	92.8	586	95.4
Total	41	6.7	573	93.3	614	100.0
Childhood illness
Yes	350	58.1	144	23.9	494	82.1
No	73	12.1	35	5.8	108	17.9
Total	423	70.2	179	29.7	602	100.0