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. 2020 Nov 17;6(11):e05521. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05521

Table 6.

Healthcare-seeking behaviours by the human rabies deceased (n = 256) in Bangladesh, 2013–2015 identified through VA.

Variables Category Rural n (%) Urban n (%) Total n (%) P-value
Treatment received Traditional healer (Kabiraj) 141 (68.45) 30 (60.00) 171 (66.80) 0.6347
Local doctor 4 (1.94) 2 (4.00) 6 (2.34)
Physician (vaccine) 26 (12.62) 8 (16.00) 34 (13.28)
Not taken 35 (16.99) 10 (20.00) 45 (17.58)
History of vaccination
Absent 180 (87.38) 42 (84.00) 222 (86.72) 0.5277
Present
26 (12.62)
8 (16.00)
34 (13.28)

Total
206
50
256

Frequency of vaccination Complete 0 (0.00) 3 (37.50) 3 (8.82) 0.0011
Incomplete 26 (100.00) 5 (62.50) 31 (91.18)
Place of vaccination
DRPCC 12 (46.15) 6 (75.00) 18 (52.94) 0.3067
Municipality 3 (11.54) 0 (0.00) 3 (8.82)
Pharmacy
11 (42.31)
2 (25.00)
13 (38.24)
Total 26 8 34

Multiple contingency analysis with α - level set as 0.05.