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Table 3 Distribution of access to drinking water of the health facilities

From: Health facility preparedness for cholera outbreak response in four cholera-prone districts in Cameroon: a cross sectional study

Indicator

Modalities

Far North region(FN)

Littoral region(LT)

Total

Kousseri (N = 15)

Mada (N = 11)

Total FN (N = 26)

Deido (N = 60)

Nylon (N = 48)

Total LT (N = 108)

LT + FN (N = 134)

N

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Main water source at HF

CDE(pipe borne water)

3

20.0

1

9.1

4

15.4

55

91.7

24

50.0

79

73.1

83

61.9

Borehole

10

66.7

8

72.7

18

69.2

5

8.3

21

43.8

26

24.1

44

32.8

Unprotected Well

1

6.7

1

9.1

2

7.7

0

0.0

2

4.2

2

1.9

4

3.0

Lake/River

0

0.0

1

9.1

1

3.8

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

0.7

Others

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

2.1

1

0.9

1

0.7

Does not exist

1

6.7

0

0.0

1

3.8

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

0.7

Main water source at HF

Improved

13

86.7

9

81.8

22

84.6

60

100.0

45

93.8

105

97.2

127

94.8

Unimproved

1

6.7

2

18.2

3

11.5

0

0.0

3

6.3

3

2.8

6

4.5

Does not exist

1

6.7

0

0.0

1

3.8

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

0.7

Secondary water source

Present

7

46.7

6

54.5

13

50.0

18

30.0

27

56.3

45

41.7

76

56.7

Improved

4

26.7

4

36.4

8

30.8

9

15.0

9

18.8

18

16.7

26

19.4

Frequency of main source interruption

<  1 day

12

80.0

9

81.8

21

80.8

48

80.0

33

68.8

81

75.0

102

76.1

1–7 days

3

20.0

2

18.2

5

19.2

12

20.0

15

31.2

27

35.0

32

23.9

> 7 days

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

Mean duration of Main source interruption

<  1 day

13

86.7

9

81.8

22

84.6

51

85.0

34

70.8

85

78.7

107

79.9

1–7 days

2

13.3

2

18.2

4

15.4

9

15.0

14

29.2

23

21.3

27

20.1

> 7 days

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0