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Table 1 Descriptive table of household-level determinants of snakebites to illustrate differences in association of SES and snakebites and access to health care resources by region

From: Snakebite victim profiles and treatment-seeking behaviors in two regions of Kenya: results from a health demographic surveillance system

 

Kwale

Mbita

[ALL]

No bite

Bite

p

[ALL]

No bite

Bite

p

N = 8756

N = 8303

N = 453

N = 9174

N = 9082

N = 92

SES_quants

      Least poor

1189 (20.4%)

1158 (20.6%)

31 (15.0%)

0.056

1477 (16.8%)

1461 (16.8%)

16 (18.2%)

0.874

      2

1179 (20.2%)

1132 (20.1%)

47 (22.8%)

1713 (19.5%)

1694 (19.4%)

19 (21.6%)

      3

1098 (18.8%)

1067 (19.0%)

31 (15.0%)

1853 (21.0%)

1833 (21.0%)

20 (22.7%)

      4

1177 (20.2%)

1123 (19.9%)

54 (26.2%)

1759 (20.0%)

1745 (20.0%)

14 (15.9%)

      Poorest

1193 (20.4%)

1150 (20.4%)

43 (20.9%)

2004 (22.8%)

1985 (22.8%)

19 (21.6%)

Distance to health facility (kms)

3.48 (2.07)

3.41 (2.06)

4.73 (1.71)

<0.001

1.92 (1.16)

1.92 (1.16)

1.70 (1.15)

0.063

Distance to tertiary facility (kms)

7.17 (4.56)

7.17 (4.62)

7.20 (3.11)

0.844

10.1 (4.33)

10.1 (4.33)

11.2 (4.91)

0.027

  1. Results for SES are counts and percentages. Means and standard deviations for distance measures are presented for continuous variables