From: Comparing sociocultural features of cholera in three endemic African settings
Category | SE-DRC, n = 360 | Western Kenya, n = 379 | Zanzibar, n = 356 | ||||||
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Overall | % | % | % | ||||||
Identification of illnessa*** | 96.4 | 75.2 | 88.2 | ||||||
Seriousnessb*** | 81.1 | 91.3 | 96.6 | ||||||
Expected fatal outcome without treatmentc*** | 99.7 | 49.9 | 77.5 | ||||||
Past household episodes*** | 44.4 | 22.4 | 15.5 | ||||||
Past personal episodes* | 8.3 | 11.6 | 5.3 | ||||||
Site comparison | Urban, % | Rural, % | P value | Urban, % | Rural, % | P value | Urban, % | Rural, % | Â |
P value | |||||||||
Identification of illnessa | 93.9 | 98.9 | 0.020 | 72.6 | 77.8 | 0.285 | 95.5 | 80.8 | <0.001 |
Seriousnessb | 85.6 | 76.7 | 0.030 | 91.6 | 91.0 | 0.832 | 95.0 | 98.3 | 0.084 |
Expected fatal outcome without treatmentc | 99.4 | 100.0 | 0.317 | 60.0 | 39.7 | <0.001 | 84.4 | 70.6 | 0.002 |
Past household episodes | 52.2 | 36.7 | 0.004 | 27.4 | 17.5 | 0.044 | 6.7 | 24.3 | <0.001 |
Past personal episodes | 7.7 | 8.9 | 0.703 | 13.2 | 10.1 | 0.423 | 2.8 | 7.9 | 0.035 |
Gender comparison | Female, % | Male, % | P value | Female, % | Male, % | P value | Female, % | Male, % | Â |
P value | |||||||||
Identification of illnessa | 97.8 | 95.0 | 0.170 | 78.8 | 71.5 | 0.122 | 88.3 | 88.1 | >0.999 |
Seriousnessb | 79.0 | 83.2 | 0.295 | 91.2 | 91.4 | 0.907 | 96.1 | 97.2 | 0.577 |
Expected fatal outcome without treatmentc | 99.5 | 100.0 | 0.320 | 52.9 | 46.8 | 0.151 | 74.9 | 80.2 | 0.257 |
Past household episodes | 43.1 | 45.8 | 0.563 | 15.5 | 29.6 | 0.003 | 12.9 | 18.1 | 0.172 |
Past personal episodes | 7.8 | 8.9 | 0.680 | 8.3 | 15.1 | 0.053 | 3.4 | 7.3 | 0.104 |