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Table 2 Orphan status of HIV-infected children accessing primary healthcare facilities

From: The burden of disease on HIV-infected orphaned and non-orphaned children accessing primary health facilities in a rural district with poor resources in South Africa: a cross-sectional survey of primary caregivers of HIV-infected children aged 5–18 years

Variables

Number

Percent

Orphan status

  

  Maternal

183

45.1

  Paternal

128

31.5

  Double (n = 183) *

73

39.9

Father sees child

  

  No

255

63.0

  Yes

150

37.0

Know maternal cause of death

 

  Yes

156

86.2

  No

25

13.8

Cause of maternal death

  

  AIDS-related

141

91.0

  Other causes

14

9.0

Know paternal cause of death

  

  Yes

93

73.2

  No

34

26.8

Cause of paternal death

  

  AIDS-related

78

83.9

  Other causes

15

16.1

  1. *The total percentage on orphan status does not add up to 100% because double orphans are calculated from the maternal and paternal orphans.