| No. of patients seen by General Practitioners (N = 104,933) | No. of patients seen by Obstetrics & Gynecology specialists (N = 2,057) | No. of patients seen by Dermatology & Venereology specialists (N = 5,475) | No. of patients seen by all private-practice doctors (N = 112,465) | No. of patients seen by public-practice SHC doctors†(N = 5,647) | |||||
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 | n | %* | n | %* | n | %* | n | %* | n | %* |
% presenting STD/RTI syndromes# | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Urethral/vaginal discharge | 428 | 0.41 | 66 | 3.21 | 8 | 0.15 | 502 | 0.45 | 437 | 7.74 |
   Genital ulcer | 71 | 0.07 | 2 | 0.10 | 25 | 0.46 | 98 | 0.09 | 218 | 3.86 |
   Genital growth | 74 | 0.07 | 7 | 0.34 | 52 | 0.95 | 133 | 0.12 | 1,446 | 25.61 |
   Ectoparasitic infestations | 10 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.02 | 11 | 0.01 | 29 | 0.51 |
   Other syndromes | 126 | 0.12 | 13 | 0.63 | 17 | 0.31 | 156 | 0.14 | 262 | 4.64 |
Had any one of the above syndromes | 660 | 0.63 | 81 | 3.94 | 100 | 1.83 | 841 | 0.75 | 2,311 | 40.92 |