Table 2.
Profile of Illnesses Reported for a 2-Week Recall Period
| Characteristics of Reported Illness | Illnesses, No. (%)a | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anantapur (n = 1744) | Chandigarh (n = 2349) | Chinchpada (n = 1949) | Makunda (n = 4758) | Manali (n = 2435) | Raxaul (n = 6752) | Overall (n = 19 987) | |
| Illnesses per 1000 persons, no. | |||||||
| Any illness | 91 | 108.1 | 83.9 | 194.9 | 112.2 | 243.2 | 144.8 |
| Febrile Illness | 31.2 | 69.9 | 42.2 | 89.7 | 29.1 | 170.8 | 77.2 |
| Any-cause illness | |||||||
| Patient aged ≥15 y | 1540 (88.3) | 1648 (70.2) | 1522 (78.1) | 3284 (69.0) | 2001 (82.2) | 4402 (65.2) | 14397 (72) |
| Female patient | 925 (53) | 1282 (54.6) | 1057 (54.2) | 2458 (51.7) | 1376 (56.5) | 3441 (51) | 10 539 (52.7) |
| Antibiotics used | 219 (12.6) | 444 (18.9) | 205 (10.5) | 1325 (27.8) | 162 (6.7) | 909 (13.5) | 3264 (16.3) |
| Type of illness | |||||||
| Febrile Illness | 597 (34.2) | 1518 (64.6) | 981 (50.3) | 2190 (46.0) | 632 (26) | 4741 (70.2) | 10659 (53.3) |
| Other medical illness | 1091 (62.6) | 794 (33.8) | 921 (47.3) | 2414 (50.7) | 1737 (71.3) | 1778 (26.3) | 8735 (43.7) |
| Pregnancy related | 13 (0.7) | 11 (0.5) | 11 (0.6) | 15 (0.3) | 13 (0.5) | 25 (0.4) | 88 (0.4) |
| Treatment facility | |||||||
| Government facility | 281 (16.1) | 634 (27) | 486 (24.9) | 597 (12.6) | 249 (10.2) | 149 (2.2) | 2396 (12) |
| Home remedies/no treatment | 24 (1.4) | 116 (4.9) | 145 (7.4) | 245 (5.2) | 404 (16.6) | 364 (5.4) | 1298 (6.5) |
| Pharmacy | 78 (4.5) | 209 (8.9) | 47 (2.4) | 2016 (42.4) | 1199 (49.2) | 3356 (49.7) | 6905 (34.6) |
| Private facility | 941 (54) | 915 (39) | 1245 (63.9) | 1292 (27.2) | 400 (16.4) | 1806 (26.8) | 6599 (33) |
| Study hospital | 103 (5.9) | 254 (10.8) | 18 (0.9) | 239 (5) | 86 (3.5) | 96 (1.4) | 796 (4) |
| Traditional healers/registered medical practitioners | 317 (18.2) | 221 (9.4) | 8 (0.4) | 369 (7.8) | 97 (4) | 981 (14.5) | 1993 (10) |
| Febrile Illnessesb | |||||||
| Patient aged ≥15 y | 448 (75) | 955 (62.9) | 699 (71.3) | 1192 (54.4) | 414 (65.5) | 2669 (56.3) | 6377 (59.8) |
| Female patient | 306 (51.3) | 789 (52) | 523 (53.3) | 1144 (52.2) | 364 (57.6) | 2346 (49.5) | 5472 (51.3) |
| Antibiotics used | 131 (21.9) | 269 (17.7) | 140 (14.3) | 1022 (46.7) | 87 (13.8) | 798 (16.8) | 2447 (23) |
| Treatment facility | |||||||
| Government facility | 110 (18.4) | 377 (24.8) | 281 (28.6) | 309 (14.1) | 71 (11.2) | 68 (1.4) | 1216 (11.4) |
| Home remedies/no treatment | 8 (1.3) | 53 (3.5) | 50 (5.1) | 56 (2.6) | 91 (14.4) | 151 (3.2) | 409 (3.8) |
| Pharmacy | 21 (3.5) | 119 (7.8) | 9 (0.9) | 1108 (50.6) | 303 (47.9) | 2583 (54.5) | 4143 (38.9) |
| Private facility | 306 (51.3) | 705 (46.4) | 627 (63.9) | 556 (25.4) | 105 (16.6) | 1084 (22.9) | 3383 (31.7) |
| Study hospital | 37 (6.2) | 131 (8.6) | 8 (0.8) | 72 (3.3) | 30 (4.7) | 51 (1.1) | 329 (3.1) |
| Traditional healers/registered medical practitioners | 115 (19.3) | 133 (8.8) | 6 (0.6) | 89 (4.1) | 32 (5.1) | 804 (17) | 1179 (11.1) |
aData represent no. (%) of illnesses unless otherwise specified.
bDenominators in the febrile illness section are the number of febrile illnesses reported for the site for the 2-week recall period.