Table 4 Association between sociodemographic and illness characteristics and consultation for healthcare at government facilities for pneumonia or influenza-like illness (ILI), Santa Rosa, Guatemala, 2006
Pneumonia cases | ILI cases | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 254 | N = 424 | |||||
Public | Private | Public | Private | |||
Characteristic | n (%) | n (%) | P value | n (%) | n (%) | P value |
Sex, female | 54 (22) | 83 (32) | 0.34 | 0.15 | ||
Age (years) | 0.0009 | <0.0001 | ||||
<5 | 29 (29) | 26 (21) | 38 (24) | 49 (18) | ||
5-14 | 25 (31) | 28 (17) | 53 (26) | 56 (22) | ||
15-29 | 16 (16) | 34 (22) | 24 (16) | 66 (21) | ||
30-59 | 16 (14) | 43 (23) | 28 (20) | 75 (28) | ||
≥60 | 10 (10) | 27 (17) | 8 (4) | 27 (10) | ||
Wealth index | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | ||||
Poorest | 20 (26) | 15 (14) | 46 (37) | 38 (19) | ||
Second | 18 (22) | 17 (14) | 30 (24) | 61 (30) | ||
Third | 16 (18) | 34 (25) | 35 (19) | 41 (16) | ||
Fourth | 24 (21) | 46 (28) | 26 (16) | 52 (15) | ||
Wealthiest | 18 (12) | 46 (18) | 14 (4) | 81 (20) | ||
Signs of severe pneumonia | 26 (27) | 29 (21) | 0.08 | NA | NA | |
Duration of illness <7 days | 22 (26) | 40 (23) | 0.37 | 93 (60) | 147 (56) | 0.25 |