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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study population compared to national estimates

From: Under-utilization of health care services for infectious diseases syndromes in rural Azerbaijan: A cross-sectional study

Characteristic

Guba

N (%)

Gusar

N (%)

Xachmaz

N (%)

Total Sample

N (%)

National Rural1,2,3

Age

     

   18-34

72 (33.8)

38 (26.2)

157 (36.0)

267 (33.6%)

38.4%

   35-49

80 (37.6)

56 (38.6)

169 (38.8)

305 (38.4%)

31.6%

   50-64

32 (15.0)

33 (22.8)

67 (15.4)

132 (16.6%)

16.2%

   ≥65

29 (13.6)

18 (12.4)

43 (9.9)

90 (11.3%)

13.8%

Gender

     

   Male

101 (47.4)

67 (46.2)

179 (40.9)

347 (43.6%)

47.5%

   Female

112 (52.6)

78 (53.8)

259 (59.1)

449 (56.4%)

52.5%

Ethnicity

     

   Azerbaijani

175 (82.2)

19 (13.1)

405 (92.5)

599 (75.3%)

90.1%

   Lezgi

38 (17.8)

126 (86.9)

33 (7.5)

197 (24.7%)

2.9%

Education

     

   None

15 (7.1)

2 (1.4)

18 (4.1)

35 (4.4%)

6.4%

   Middle School

167 (78.8)

111 (76.6)

368 (84.6)

646 (81.2%)

80.2%

   High School

21 (9.9)

16 (11.0)

37 (8.5)

74 (9.3%)

7.5%

   >High School

9 (4.2)

16 (11.0)

12 (2.8)

37 (4.6%)

5.8%

Household size

     

   1-3 people

26 (12.2)

25 (17.4)

59 (13.5)

110 (13.9%)

27.1%

   4-6 people

120 (56.3)

93 (64.6)

263 (60.3)

476 (60.0%)

59.7%

   ≧7people

67 (31.5)

26 (18.1)

114 (26.1)

207 (26.1%)

13.0%

Total

212

145

438

796

52,000 4

  1. 1. National rural age distribution estimates are based on percentages of the rural adult population (adapted from State Statistical Committee [Azerbaijan] and Macro International Inc 2008 [7]).
  2. 2. Gender, educational attainment, and household size statistics are based on national estimates of the rural population (State Statistical Committee [Azerbaijan] and Macro International Inc 2008 [7]).
  3. 3. Ethnicity estimates are based on national census statistics for rural Azerbaijan (State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan 2003 [14]).
  4. 4. The national rural population estimate is given in terms of the number of residents in villages <500 population for the three regions. By region, the estimated rural population size is 19,900 in Guba, 11,600 in Gusar, and 20,500 in Xachmaz (unpublished data).