Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of children younger than 5 years old visited in health-care centers, stratified by health districts
| Characteristic | Health districts, n (%) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dafra | Dande | Do | Karangasso Vigue | Lena | N’Dorola | Orodara | Hounde | Total | ||
| Age, months | ||||||||||
| 0–11 | 10 (11.2) | 13 (14.6) | 14 (15.7) | 0 (0) | 9 (10.1) | 22 (24.7) | 10 (11.2) | 11 (12.4) | 89 (21.2) | |
| 12–23 | 14 (13.1) | 19 (17.8) | 27 (25.2) | 4 (3.7) | 14 (13.1) | 15 (14) | 2 (1.9) | 12 (11.2) | 107 (25.5) | |
| 24–35 | 14. (15.9) | 16 (18.2) | 22 (25) | 4 (4.6) | 13 (14.8) | 10 (11.4) | 4 (4.6) | 5 (5.7) | 88 (21) | |
| 36–47 | 8 (10.7) | 13 (17.3) | 22 (29.3) | 2 (2.7) | 6 (8) | 10 (13.3) | 9 (12) | 5 (6.7) | 75 (17.9) | |
| 48–59 | 12 (20) | 9 (15) | 19 (31.7) | 0 (0) | 8 (13.3) | 3 (5) | 5 (8.3) | 4 (6.7) | 60 (14.3) | |
| Total | 58 (13.8) | 70 (16.7) | 104 (24.8) | 10 (2.4) | 50 (11.9) | 60 (14.3) | 30 (7.2) | 37 (8.8) | 419 (100) | |
| Residential area | ||||||||||
| Rural | 15 (5.7) | 38 (14.4) | 72 (27.2) | 0 (0) | 50 (18.9) | 37 (14) | 25 (9.4) | 28 (10.6) | 265 (63.2) | |
| Urban | 43 (27.9) | 32 (20.8) | 32 (20.8) | 10 (6.5) | 0 (0) | 23 (14.9) | 5 (3.3) | 9 (5.8) | 154 (36.8) | |
| Total | 58 (13.8) | 70 (16.7) | 104 (24.8) | 10 (2.4) | 50 (11.9) | 60 (14.3) | 30 (7.2) | 37 (8.8) | 419 (100) | |
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Male | 29 (12.50) | 38 (16.38) | 59 (25.43) | 7 (3.02) | 30 (12.93) | 31 (13.36) | 15 (6.47) | 23 (9.91) | 232 (55.4) | |
| Female | 29 (15.51) | 32 (17.11) | 45 (24.06) | 3 (1.60) | 20 (10.70) | 29 (15.51) | 15 (8.02) | 14 (7.49) | 187 (44.6) | |
| Total | 58 (13.8) | 70 (16.7) | 104 (24.8) | 10 (2.4) | 50 (11.9) | 60 (14.3) | 30 (7.2) | 37 (8.8) | 419 (100) | |