Table 3 Communities' knowledge about mode of transmission of TBL, Dubti and Amibara districts, Afar Region, north east Ethiopia, May 2009

Female (%)

Male (%)

Total (%)

Female (%)

Male (%)

Total (%)

Total (%)

TBL can be transmitted:

Yes

112 (81.8)

183 (85.1)

295 (83.8)*

136 (79.1)

159 (73.6)

295 (76.0)*

590 (79.7)

No

17(12.4)

30 (14.0)

47 (13.4)

8 (4.7)

21(9.7)

29 (7.5)

76 (10.3)

Do not know

8 (5.8)

2 (0.9)

10 (2.8)

28 (16.3)

36 (16.7)

64 (16.5)

74 (10.0)

TBL transmitted through:

Contact

69 (61.6)

97 (53.0)

166 (56.3)*

105 (76.6)

127 (79.4)

232 (78.1)*

398 (67.2)

Cough/breathing

67(59.8)

119 (65.0)

186 (63.1)*

57 (41.6)

64 (40.0)

121 (40.7)*

307 (51.9)

Sharing cups/feeding

31(27.9)

47 (25.7)

78 (26.5)

44 (32.1)

47 (29.4)

91 (30.6)

169 (28.5)

Other (sex, fly, cloths)

4 (3.6)

7 (3.8)

11(3.7)

5 (3.6)

15 (9.4)

20 (6.7)

31(5.2)

Do not know

3 (2.7)

6 (3.3)

9 (3.1)

4 (2.9)

3 (1.9)

7 (2.4)

16 (2.7)