Research Article
Sociodemographic Correlates of Choice of Health Care Services in Six Rural Communities in North Central Nigeria
Table 2
Respondents’ major causes of disease.
| | Disease conditions | Frequency | Percent |
| | Medical | | | | Malaria | 24 | 20.0 | | Typhoid | 15 | 12.5 | | Respiratory tract infection | 13 | 10.8 | | Genitourinary tract (UTI) | 12 | 10.0 | | Hypertension | 8 | 6.7 | | Skin rashes | 8 | 6.7 | | Dysentery | 6 | 5.0 | | Jaundice | 6 | 5.0 | | HIV/AIDS | 5 | 4.2 | | Tuberculosis | 5 | 4.2 | | Peptic ulcer | 4 | 3.3 | | Arthritis | 4 | 3.3 | | Conjunctivitis | 3 | 5.0 | | Cholera | 3 | 2.5 | | Diabetes mellitus | 3 | 2.5 | | Hemorrhoids (piles) | 1 | 0.8 | | Total | 120 | 100.0 | | Surgery | | | | Tumors | 7 | 28.0 | | Abscess | 5 | 20.0 | | Lacerations/cuts | 4 | 16.0 | | Hernia | 2 | 8.0 | | Caesarean section | 2 | 8.0 | | Fibroid | 2 | 8.0 | | Appendix | 2 | 8.0 | | Ectopic | 1 | 4.0 | | Total | 25 | 100.0 | | Psychiatry | | | | Depression | 4 | 44.4 | | Epilepsy | 3 | 33.3 | | Irrational behaviour | 1 | 11.1 | | Madness | 1 | 11.1 | | Total | 9 | 100.0 |
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