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Table 7 Perceived vulnerability to cholera in endemic areas of three African settings

From: Comparing sociocultural features of cholera in three endemic African settings

Category

SE-DRC, n = 360

Western Kenya, n = 379

Zanzibar, n = 356

Sex

   

No differentiation

90.6

63.6

87.1

Women more vulnerable

6.9

24.5

10.4

Men more vulnerable

2.5

11.9

2.5

Age

   

No differentiation

84.4

26.9

79.5

Adults more vulnerable

8.1

22.4

8.1

Children more vulnerable

7.5

50.7

12.4

Class

   

No differentiation

86.3

44.9

74.4

Rich more vulnerable

0.6

2.9

0.0

Poor more vulnerable

13.1

52.2

25.6

  1. SE-DRC Southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo.