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Table 1 Background characteristics of clients visiting health facilities in Dale and Wonsho districts, 2017/18, Sidama, Ethiopia (N = 81,129)

From: Low and unequal use of outpatient health services in public primary health care facilities in southern Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study

Variables

Number of cases (N = 81,129)

%

Type of health facility

 Health centres’ cases

55,747

68.7

 Health posts’ cases

25,382

31.3

Residence

 Rural

66,341

81.8

 Urban

14,788

18.2

District

 Wonsho

27,057

33.3

 Dale

54,072

66.7

Sex

 Female

59,822

73.7

 Male

20,232

25.0

 Not recorded

1075

1.3

Type of visit

 New

73,513

90.6

 Repeat

1048

1.3

 Not recorded

6568

8.1

Age group (in years)

 Under 5

13,112

16.2

 5–14

4788

5.9

 15–24

17,729

21.9

 25–34

30,172

37.2

 35–44

5268

6.5

 45–54

1754

2.2

 55–64

826

1.0

 65–74

335

0.4

 75+

208

0.3

 Age missing

6937

8.6