Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants
Variable | Description | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Female | 185 | 60.1 |
| Â | Male | 123 | 39.9 |
Age (years) | 0‒15 | 49 | 15.9 |
|  | 16‒30 | 86 | 27.9 |
|  | 31‒45 | 81 | 26.3 |
|  | 46‒60 | 55 | 17.9 |
|  |  ≥ 61 | 37 | 12.0 |
Education | None | 77 | 25.0 |
| Â | Primary | 192 | 62.3 |
| Â | Secondary | 29 | 9.4 |
| Â | College | 10 | 3.3 |
Occupation | Crop farming | 133 | 43.2 |
| Â | Employed | 44 | 14.4 |
| Â | Trading | 21 | 6.8 |
| Â | Livestock keeping | 20 | 6.4 |
| Â | Student | 27 | 8.8 |
| Â | Others | 63 | 20.4 |
Symptom/sign | Headache | 242 | 48.4 |
| Â | Muscle, bone, back, or joint pain | 160 | 32.0 |
| Â | Abdominal pain | 82 | 16.4 |
| Â | Fatigue | 45 | 9.0 |
| Â | Rashes | 31 | 6.2 |
| Â | Vomiting | 25 | 5.0 |
| Â | Nausea | 18 | 3.6 |
| Â | Jaundice | 7 | 1.4 |
| Â | Bleeding/bruising | 3 | 0.6 |
| Â | Red spots on the skin/eye/mucosa | 2 | 0.4 |