TB cases (1974-2018) and controls (1998-2018) analytical dataset (Karonga)

Malawi

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MWI-MEIRU-TB-COMBINE-FINAL-2022-v01

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Mia Crampin, Estelle McLean

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Karonga -District-wide Combined / Harmonized Datasets Karonga HDSS

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Which type of health practitioner did you go to first? (practype)

Data file: combined_tb_cases_controls_final

Overview

Valid: 5754

Invalid: 7157

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 205

End: 205

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

Which type of health practitioner did you go to first?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Traditional healer (ng'anga)	328	5.7%
2	Health centre	2034	35.3%
3	Private clinic	749	13%
4	Hospital	2528	43.9%
5	KPS	115	2%
8	Unknown	0	0%
9	Missing	267
Sysmiss		6890

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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