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Table 2 Overall demographics for all records collected, all frequency and percentage unless otherwise stated

From: Determinants affecting utilisation of health services and treatment for children under-5 in rural Nepali health centres: a cross-sectional study

n = 30,730→

   

Age (months) (2–59)*

Median, IQR (n = 30,730)

18 months

10, 32 months

Sex

Female

13,617

44.3%

Male

17,113

55.7%

Weight, kg

n = 26,268; Mean, SD

9.54

2.87

Temperature (oC)

n = 15,224; Mean, SD

37.04

0.89

District

Sindhupalchowk

3,929

12.8%

Gorkha

7,271

23.7%

Humla

3,371

11.0%

Mugu

4,215

13.7%

Bajura

11,944

38.9%

Visit year

2068 to 2073 (2011/12 to 2016/17)

10,169

33.1%

2074 to 2077 (2017/18 to 2020/21)

20,561

64.1%

Unreadable

133

0.4%

Missing

761

2.5%

Ethnicity

Dalit

6,409

20.9%

Janajati

10,716

34.9%

Madhesi

159

0.5%

Muslim

70

0.2%

Brahmin/Chhetri

10,050

32.7%

Others (Thakuri, Sanyasi/Dasnami)

2,987

9.7%

Missing

321

1.0%

Unreadable

27

0.1%

Referred by

CHW

79

0.3%

HF

863

2.8%

None

10,348

33.7%

FCHV

15

0.1%

PHC/ORC

39

0.1%

Missing

19,386

63.1%

  1. *= all children with a valid age recorded; ARI = Acute Respiratory Infection; CHW = Community Health Worker; FCHV = Female Community Health Worker; GDS = General Danger Sign; HF = Health Facility; IQR = Inter-Quartile Range; kg = kilograms; °C = degrees Celsius; ORC = Outreach Clinic; PHC = Primary Health Centre; SD = Standard Deviation