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Table 1 General characteristics of adults in the Nouna Health and Demographic Surveillance System 2010 and 2011

From: Seasonal and socio-demographic patterns of self-reporting major disease groups in north-west Burkina Faso: an analysis of the Nouna Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) data

Characteristics

2010 (Rainy Season)

2011 (Dry Season)

Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

N

3949

48.8 (47.0–50.0)

51.2 (50.0–53.0)

4039

49.1 (48.0–51.0)

50.9 (49.0–52.0)

Age group (years)

 18–28

38.5 (37.0–39.9)

39.5 (37.3–41.7)

37.5 (35.4–39.6)

38.9 (37.4–40.4)

39.8 (37.7–42.0)

37.9 (35.8–40.0)

 29–38

23.1 (21.8–24.4)

24.1 (22.2–26.0)

22.1 (20.3–23.9)

23.1 (21.8–24.4)

24.3 (22.4–26.2)

21.9 (20.1–23.7)

 39–48

14.4 (13.3–15.5)

14.5 (12.9–16.0)

14.4 (12.9–15.9)

14.6 (13.5–15.7)

14.3 (12.8–15.9)

14.8 (13.3–16.4)

 49–58

10.5 (9.5–11.4)

9.5 (8.2–10.8)

11.4 (10.0–12.8)

10.5 (9.6–11.5)

9.4 (8.1–10.7)

11.6 (10.2–13.0)

 59–68

7.4 (6.6–8.2)

7.1 (5.9–8.2)

7.7 (6.6–8.9)

7.0 (6.2–7.8)

6.8 (5.7–7.9)

7.3 (6.2–8.4)

  > 68

6.2 (5.4–6.9)

5.4 (4.4–6.5)

6.8 (5.7–7.9)

5.9 (5.2–6.7)

5.4 (4.4–6.4)

6.5 (5.4–7.5)

Residence

 Village

68.1 (66.7–69.6)

68.3 (66.2–70.4)

68.0 (66.0–70.0)

68.0 (66.6–69.5)

68.3 (66.3–70.4)

67.7 (65.7–69.8)

 Nouna town

31.9 (30.4–33.3)

31.7 (29.6–33.8)

32.0 (30.0–34.0)

32.0 (30.6–33.4)

31.7 (29.6–33.7)

32.3 (30.3–34.3)

Ethnic group

 Dafin

32.2 (30.8–33.7)

33.0 (30.9–35.1)

31.5 (29.5–33.6)

33.1 (31.7–34.6)

34.1 (32.0–36.2)

32.2 (30.2–34.2)

 Bwaba

29.1 (27.7–30.6)

29.3 (27.3–31.3)

29.0 (27.0–31.0)

28.9 (27.5–30.3)

29.1 (27.1–31.1)

28.7 (26.8–30.7)

 Mossi

19.9 (18.7–21.2)

18.8 (17.1–20.6)

20.9 (19.2–22.7)

19.4 (18.2–20.6)

18.3 (16.6–20.0)

20.4 (18.7–22.1)

 Samo

8.2 (7.3–9.0)

8.6 (7.3–9.8)

7.8 (6.6–8.9)

8.4 (7.5–9.2)

8.7 (7.5–10.0)

8.0 (6.9–8.2)

 Peulh

7.4 (6.6–8.2)

7.6 (6.4–8.8)

7.3 (6.1–8.4)

7.2 (6.4–8.0)

7.1 (6.0–8.2)

7.3 (6.1–8.4)

 Other

3.1 (2.6–3.7)

2.7 (2.0–3.5)

3.5 (2.7–4.3)

3.0 (2.5–3.6)

2.7 (2.0–3.4)

3.4 (2.6–4.2)

Religion

 Muslim

55.5 (53.9–57.0)

55.0 (52.8–57.3)

55.9 (53.7–58.0)

56.2 (54.7–57.7)

55.5 (53.3–57.7)

56.8 (54.7–59.0)

 Catholic

30.0 (28.6–31.3)

29.5 (27.5–31.6)

30.4 (28.4–32.4)

29.3 (27.9–30.7)

29.1 (27.1–31.1)

29.5 (27.5–31.5)

 Protestant

7.3 (6.5–8.1)

7.2 (6.0–8.3)

7.5 (6.4–8.7)

7.3 (6.5–8.1)

7.1 (5.9–8.2)

7.5 (6.4–8.7)

 Animistic

6.7 (6.0–7.5)

7.8 (6.6–9.0)

5.7 (4.7–6.8)

6.8 (6.0–7.6)

7.9 (6.7–9.0)

5.7 (4.7–6.8)

 Other

0.5 (0.2–0.7)

0.5, 0.2–0.8)

0.4 (0.2–0.7)

0.4 (0.2–0.7)

0.5 (0.2–0.8)

0.4 (0.1–0.7)

Ability to read

 Yes

26.9 (25.5–28.3)

39.6 (37.4–41.8)

14.7 (13.2–16.2)

26.8 (25.5–28.2)

39.2 (37.0–41.3)

14.8 (13.3–16.4)

 No

58.3 (56.7–59.8)

46.7 (44.5–49.0)

69.3 (67.3–71.3)

58.3 (56.8–59.9)

46.8 (44.6–49.0)

69.5 (67.5–71.5)

 Unknown

14.9 (13.7–16.0)

13.6 (12.1–15.2)

16.0 (14.4–17.6)

14.9 (13.8–16.0)

14.0 (12.5–15.5)

15.7 (14.1–17.3)

Educational level

 None

75.5 (74.1–76.8)

73.0 (71.0–75.0)

77.8 (76.0–79.7)

75.7 (74.4–77.0)

73.1 (71.2–75.1)

78.2 (76.5–80.0)

 Primary School

9.5 (8.6–10.4)

12.3 (10.9–13.8)

6.7 (5.6–7.8)

9.4 (8.5–10.3)

12.0 (10.6–13.5)

6.8 (5.7–7.9)

 Secondary School

0.6 (0.3–0.8)

1.0 (0.5–1.4)

0.2 (0.0–0.5)

0.5 (0.3–0.8)

0.9 (0.5–1.3)

0.2 (0.0–0.4)

 Tertiary School

0.1 (0.0–0.2)

0.2 (0–0.4)

0 (0)

0.1 (0–0.2)

0.2 (0.0–0.3)

0 (0)

 Unknown

14.4 (13.3–15.5)

13.5 (12.0–15.0)

15.2 (13.6–16.8)

14.3 (13.2–15.4)

13.8 (12.3–15.3)

14.8 (13.2–16.3)

Occupation

 Agriculture

64.0 (62.5–65.5)

70.7 (68.7–72.7)

57.7 (55.5–59.9)

64.3 (62.8–65.8)

70.6 (68.6–72.6)

58.2 (56.0–60.3)

 Other manual labor

3.1 (2.6–3.7)

3.7 (2.8–4.5)

2.6 (1.9–3.3)

3.2 (2.7–3.8)

3.8 (3.0–4.7)

2.6 (1.9–3.3)

 Non-manual labor

7.7 (6.9–8.6)

4.5 (3.5–5.4)

10.8 (9.5–12.2)

7.7 (6.9–8.6)

4.4 (3.5–5.3)

11.0 (9.6–12.3)

 Other/ unknown

25.1 (23.8–26.5)

21.2 (19.3–23.0)

28.9 (26.9–30.9)

24.8 (23.4–26.1)

21.2 (19.4–23.0)

28.2 (26.3–30.2)

  1. Data are presented as percentage (95% confidence intervals)