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Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2016

Liberia, 2016 - 2017
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Liberia Institute for Statistics and Geo-Information Services
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1st type of illness or injury that led [NAME] to hospitalization (hh_d_19_1)

Data file: HH_D

Overview

Valid: 1125
Invalid: 35183
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 36
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What type of illnesses or injury did name have that led to [NAME]'s most recent overnight hospitalization in a medical facility - reason 1?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Fever, malaria 334
29.7%
2 Diarrhea 30
2.7%
3 Typhoid 91
8.1%
4 Stomachache 114
10.1%
5 Vomiting 15
1.3%
6 Sore throat 4
0.4%
7 Upper respiratory (sinuses) 3
0.3%
8 Lower respiratory (chest, lungs) 12
1.1%
9 Flu 3
0.3%
10 Cough/breathing difficulties 28
2.5%
11 Headache 5
0.4%
12 Fainting 8
0.7%
13 Skin problem 10
0.9%
14 Dental problem 0
0%
15 Eye problems 10
0.9%
16 ear/nose/throat 3
0.3%
17 Backache 35
3.1%
18 Heart problem 7
0.6%
19 Dental 49
4.4%
20 Blood pressure 11
1%
21 Urinary tract infection 7
0.6%
22 Diabetes 1
0.1%
23 Mental disorder 3
0.3%
24 TB 2
0.2%
25 Sexually transmitted disease 3
0.3%
26 Burn 6
0.5%
27 Fracture 11
1%
28 Wound 4
0.4%
29 Poisoning 155
13.8%
30 Pregnancy 2
0.2%
31 Cancer 3
0.3%
32 Piles 14
1.2%
33 Unspecified long-term illness 2
0.2%
34 Preventative care 48
4.3%
35 Accident 88
7.8%
36 Other (specify) 4
0.4%
Sysmiss 35183
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.