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Table 3 Communities' perception about public health importance of PTB

From: Knowledge and perception of pulmonary tuberculosis in pastoral communities in the middle and Lower Awash Valley of Afar region, Ethiopia

Variable

Dubti

Amibara

 
 

Male (%)

Female (%)

Total (%)

Male (%)

Female (%)

Total (%)

Total (%)

PTB is a public health problem in your area:

       

Yes

109 (49.3)

77 (51.3)

186 (50.1)*

53 (23.5)

57 (29.8)

110 (26.4)*

296 (37.6)

Rare

104 (47.1)

66 (44.0)

170 (45.8)

151 (66.8)

102 (53.4)

253 (60.7)

423 (53.7)

No

2 (0.9)

2 (1.3)

4 (1.1)

22 (9.7)

26 (13.6)

48 (11.5)

52 (6.6)

Do not know Since when?

6 (2.7)

5 (3.3)

11(3.0)

0 (0)

6 (3.1)

6 (1.4)

17 (2.2)

Since many years ago

123 (57.7)

87 (60.8)

210(59.0)*

174 (85.3)

143 (89.4)

317 (87.1)*

527 (73.2)

Since recent years

90 (42.3)

56 (39.2)

146 (41.0)*

30 (14.7)

17 (10.6)

47(12.9)*

193 (26.8)

Do not know

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Family sick from PTB:

       

   Yes

59 (26.7)

47 (31.3)

106 (28.6)

51 (23.0)

58 (31.4)

109 (26.8)

215 (27.6)

   No

162 (73.3)

103 (68.7)

265 (71.4)

171 (77.0)

127 (68.6)

298 (73.2)

563 (72.4)

PTB mostly attacks:

       

Male

52 (23.6)*

21 (14.0)*

73 (19.7)

57 (25.7)*

28 (15.2)*

85 (20.9)

158 (20.4)

Female

23 (10.5)

6 (4.0)

29 (7.8)

9 (4.1)

4 (2.2)

13 (3.2)

42 (5.4)

Both

135 (61.4)

113 (75.3)

248 (67.0)

130 (58.6)

112 (60.9)

242 (59.6)

490 (63.1)

Do not know

10 (4.5)

10 (6.7)

20 (5.4)

26 (11.7)

40 (21.7)

66 (16.3)

86 (11.1)

PTB mostly attacks:

       

Under 5 years

145 (65.6)

103 (68.7)

248 (66.8)*

97 (43.7)

74 (40.0)

171 (42.0)*

419 (53.9)

Five-fifteen years

161 (73.2)

118 (78.7)

279 (75.4)*

100 (45.0)

93 (50.3)

193 (47.4)*

472 (60.7)

Adult under 60 years

157 (71.0)

108 (72.0)

265 (71.4)

151 (68.0)

130 (70.3)

281 (69.0)

546 (70.2)

Over 60 years

186 (84.2)

116 (77.3)

302 (81.4)

168 (75.7)

146 (78.9)

314 (77.1)

616 (79.2)

Do not know

2 (0.9)

5 (3.3)

7 (1.9)

19 (8.6)

23 (12.4)

42 (10.3)

49 (6.3)

  1. * significant difference between male and female, or between participants from the two study areas