Child Night Blindness and Bitot’s Spots Are Public Health Problems in Lay Armachiho District, Central Gondar Zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Table 3
Illness characteristics among children aged 24-59 months in Lay Armachiho District, Central Gondar Zone, northwest Ethiopia, 2019.
Variables
Frequency
Percent (%)
Diarrhea in the last two weeks
Yes
72
7.1
No
935
92.9
Type of diarrhea
Bloody
13
1.2
Watery
59
5.9
Respiratory tract infection in the last 2 weeks
Yes
82
8.1
No
925
91.9
Both diarrhea and respiratory tract infection
Yes
154
15.3
No
853
84.7
Children treated for both diarrhea and respiratory tract infection
Yes
96
62.3
No
58
37.6
Time of treatment
Immediately
23
14.9
Following illness
After two days
44
28.6
After three and more days
29
18.8
The reason why the child was not treated at the time of illness