Table 2 |
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Comparisons of Coverage of Health Services in the Mountains and Plains of the Hôpital Albert Schweitzer Primary Health Care Service Area, 1999–2000 |
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| Indicator |
Mountains |
Plains |
Level of statistical significance of difference in the indicator in the mountains
and plains |
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| Childhood immunization rate (percentage of children 12–23 months of age who had obtained
all recommended immunizations) |
72.9% (43/59) [59.7–83.6] |
92.3% (48/52) [81.5–97.9] |
p < 0.05 |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate (percentage of women of reproductive age reporting use
of a modern method of contraception) |
21.5% (67/311) [17.1–26.5] |
32.6% (313/959) [29.7–35.7] |
p < 0.05 |
| Hospital admissions (number of admissions per 1,000 population in 1999) |
3.2 per 1,000 [2.8–3.6] |
6.5 per 1,000 [5.9–7.0] |
P < 0.01 |
| Admission to the Hospital's malnutrition ward (number of admissions per 1,000 population
in 1999) |
1.41 (118/83,428) [1.20–1.70] |
0.44 (33/74,999) [0.30–0.60] |
p < 0.01 |
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95% confidence intervals are shown in brackets. |
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