. 2021 Apr 15;15:27. doi: 10.1186/s13031-021-00360-x

Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of hotline callers and reasons for calling the hotline. (n = 2114 received calls)

	Percent	Frequency
Background Characteristics
Female	33.2	701
State
Jubek^a	34.1	721
Central Upper Nile	10.2	215
Wau^a	8.8	186
Aweil	6.1	130
Torit	6.0	126
Gbudwe^a	4.4	93
Bor	3.4	72
Renk	2.9	61
Bentiu	2.8	60
Yei River^a	2.7	58
Yambio^a	2.6	56
Rumbek	2.2	46
Tonj	1.4	29
Kuajok	1.3	28
Yirol	1.3	27
Eastern Lakes	1.2	26
Western Lakes	1.1	23
Gogrial	1.0	22
Kapoeta	1.0	22
Ruweng	1.0	22
Lol	0.9	18
Twic	0.7	15
Amadi	0.4	8
Melut	0.4	8
North Upper Nile	0.4	8
Warrab	0.3	6
Imatong	0.2	4
Maridi^a	0.2	5
Mundri	0.2	4
Gok	0.1	2
Malakl	0.1	3
Terekeka	0.1	3
Upper Nile	0.1	3
Missing	0.2	4
Reason for calling
To ask a question about Ebola	67.7	1431
To report a clinical sign or symptom	16.4	346
To ask a question about the hotline	3.8	81
To send a greeting to the MoH	1.8	37
To ask for money or airtime	1.7	36
To ask to join the illuminati	1.6	33
To ask for the radio to play a song	0.8	16
To ask about safety of eating bushmeat	0.4	8
Other Reason	5.7	120
Missing Reason	0.3	6

^a States with EVD preparedness activities