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Table 3 Recorded diagnoses by age group, sex, type of health facility and visit type of the cases in Dale and Wonsho districts primary health care units in 2018, Sidama, Ethiopia (N = 83,149)

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

Diagnosis

Number of diagnoses

%

Age group

Sex

Type of health facility

Type of visit

Total number of clients

< 5 years

5–14 years

> 15 years

Male

Female

Missing

Health centre

Health post

New

Repeat

Missing

 

Family planning

22,384

26.9

0

0

18,936

0

22,384

0

12,039

10,345

22,384

0

0

22,384

Immunisation

7549

9.1

4193

0

540

3188

3471

890

1197

6352

7549

0

0

7549

Antenatal care

6206

7.5

0

0

5878

0

6206

0

2915

3291

6206

0

0

6206

Delivery

5619

6.8

0

0

5600

0

5619

0

5619

 

5619

0

0

5619

Typhoid and Typhus fever

4931

5.9

6

337

4210

1948

2604

3

4931

 

4672

86

173

4555

Pneumonia

4072

4.9

2828

495

713

2071

1992

9

2735

1337

2695

240

1137

4072

Parasitic and helminthic infections

3660

4.4

287

840

2519

1790

1854

7

3620

40

3298

72

290

3651

Fever and febrile illness

3895

4.7

527

629

2709

1703

2181

11

3844

51

3363

97

435

3895

Upper and lower respiratory disorders

2930

3.5

877

487

1516

1446

1457

9

2645

285

2262

48

620

2912

Accident (burn, trauma, injury, road traffic accident)

2609

3.1

80

567

1952

1708

880

21

2608

1

2465

24

120

2609

Screening for cancer, human immunodeficiency virus and helminths

2567

3.1

78

2

2464

24

2540

3

2437

130

1148

0

1419

2567

Diarrhoea

2311

2.8

1371

199

718

1132

1175

4

1768

543

1659

96

556

2311

Postnatal care and home visit

1973

2.4

1079

0

830

583

1347

43

585

1388

1783

11

179

1973

Malaria (all types)

1949

2.3

388

523

984

1017

913

19

1520

429

1649

55

245

1949

Genito-urinary disorders and complaints

1820

2.2

2

81

1731

781

1035

3

1820

 

1715

47

59

1819

Gastro-intestinal disorders and complaints

1733

2.1

76

84

1564

645

1084

1

1733

 

1577

46

110

1730

Skin disorders

1240

1.5

302

329

603

691

547

1

1180

60

1054

35

151

1239

Malnutrition

729

0.9

705

22

0

351

372

6

59

670

256

70

403

729

Tuberculosis (all types)

561

0.7

6

36

516

285

269

6

488

73

442

26

93

560

Abortion

553

0.7

0

0

547

0

553

0

553

 

138

0

415

553

Musculoskeletal disorders

412

0.5

1

17

392

264

147

0

412

 

394

4

13

411

Eye problems

389

0.5

41

34

310

208

151

27

381

8

330

4

55

386

Hypertension

304

0.4

0

5

299

114

190

0

304

 

270

27

7

304

Obstetric and gynaecologic cases

270

0.3

0

3

265

0

269

0

270

 

233

1

38

269

Bacterial infection

366

0.4

267

30

63

179

185

2

154

212

236

30

100

366

Ear and mastoid disorders

185

0.2

87

23

73

83

99

2

152

33

149

5

31

184

Sexually transmitted infections or human immunodeficiency virus

185

0.2

0

5

175

72

108

0

185

 

177

5

2

180

Dental and oral disorders

83

0.1

10

5

68

43

40

0

82

1

75

3

5

83

Anaemia

51

0.1

3

1

47

12

39

0

51

 

47

1

3

51

Other

1613

1.9

138

193

1267

602

1002

8

1454

158

1432

45

135

1612