Table 4 Communities' perception about the public health importance of TBL, Dubti and Amibara districts, Afar Region, north east Ethiopia, May 2009

Female (%)

Male (%)

Total (%)

Female (%)

male (%)

Total (%)

Total (%)

TBL is a health problem:

Yes

49 (35.8)

66 (30.6)

115 (32.6)*

28 (16.2)

38 (17.6)

66 (17.0)*

181 (24.4)

Rare

84 (61.3)

146 (67.6)

230 (65.2)*

133 (76.9)

168 (77.8)

301 (77.4)*

531 (71.6)

No

4 (2.9)

4 (1.9)

8 (2.3)

12 (6.9)

10 (4.6)

22 (5.7)

30 (4.0)

Do not know

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

TBL is a public health problem since when:

Since many years ago

85 (64.4)

129 (61.1)

214 (62.4)*

156 (96.9)

196 (95.1)

352 (95.9)*

566 (79.7)

Since recent years

46 (34.8)

82 (38.9)

128 (37.3)*

3 (1.9)

9 (4.4)

12 (3.3)*

140 (19.7)

Do not know

1 (0.8)

0 (0)

1 (0.3)

2 (1.2)

1 (0.5)

3 (0.8)

4 (0.6)

TBL mostly attacks:

Male

10 (7.4)

31(14.5)

41(11.7)

12 (7.0)

29 (13.4)

41(10.6)

82 (11.1)

Female

7 (5.1)

6 (2.8)

13 (3.7)

8 (4.7)

7 (3.2)

15 (3.9)

28 (3.8)

Both

100 (73.5)

160 (74.8)

260 (74.3)

124 (72.1)

145 (67.1)

269 (69.3)

529 (71.7)

Do not know

19 (14.0)

17 (7.9)

36 (10.3)

28 (16.3)

35 (16.2)

63 (16.2)

99 (13.4)

TBL mostly attacks:

Under 5 years

96 (70.1)

147 (69.0)

243 (69.4)*

88 (51.5)

130 (59.9)

218 (56.2)*

461 (62.5)

Children b/n 5 - 15 years

119 (86.9)*

200 (93.9)*

319 (91.1)*

104 (60.8)

139 (64.1)

243 (62.6)*

562 (76.2)

Adult under 60 years

103 (75.2)

144 (67.6)

247 (70.6)*

146 (85.4)

173 (79.7)

319 (82.2)*

566 (76.7)

Old person over 60 years

97 (70.8)

146 (68.5)

243 (69.4)*

141 (82.5)

170 (78.3)

311 (80.2)*

554 (75.1)

Do not know

6 (4.4)

2 (0.9)

8 (2.3)

15 (8.8)

16 (7.4)

31 (8.0)

39 (5.3)