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Table 4 Prevalence of the ten most common disease diagnoses of under-five years of age children in Dale and Wonsho districts primary health care units, in 2018, Sidama, Ethiopia (N = 7184)

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

Total cases Number (%)

Number of cases in Wonsho district

Number of cases in Dale district

Total under-five years children in both districts

Prevalence rate/1000 population

Pneumoniaa

2635 (36.7)

996 (45.8)

1639 (32.7)

62,228

42.3

Diarrhoeab

1281 (17.8)

467 (21.5)

814 (16.3)

62,228

20.6

Other respiratory problemsc

830 (11.6)

68 (3.1)

762 (15.2)

62,228

13.3

Febrile illnessesd

502 (7.0)

96 (4.4)

406 (8.1)

62,228

8.1

Malariae

376 (5.2)

0 (0)

376 (7.5)

62,228

6.0

Malnutritionf

350 (4.9)

169(7.8)

181(3.6)

62,228

5.6

Skin problemsg

257 (3.6)

96(4.4)

161 (3.2)

62,228

4.1

Parasitic and helminthic infectionsh

253 (3.5)

94 (4.3)

159 (3.2)

62,228

4.1

Bacterial infectionsi

273 (3.3)

88 (4.0)

147 (2.9)

62,228

4.4

Accidentsj

78 (1.0)

47 (2.2)

31 (0.6)

62,228

1.3

Other

387 (5.4)

56(2.6)

331 (6.6)

62,228

6.2

  1. aPneumonia = all types of pneumonia; bDiarrhoea = dehydration and all types of diarrhoea; cOther respiratory problems = upper and lower respiratory disorder; dFebrile illnesses = all acute febrile illnesses; eMalaria = all types of malaria; fMalnutrition = Severe acute and moderate malnutrition, and underweight; gSkin problems = specific and unspecific skin problems; hParasitic and helminthic infections = all types of helminths, parasites; iBacterial infection = local and unspecific bacterial infection and sepsis; jAccidents = all kinds of injury, trauma and road traffic accidents