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Table 1 Characteristic of typhoid fever patients in three districts

From: Characteristics and risk factors for typhoid fever after the tsunami, earthquake and under normal conditions in Indonesia

Variables

Classification

Tsunami (Aceh)

n = 42 [%]

Earthquake (Yogyakarta)

n = 39 [%]

Normality (Bandung)

n = 70 [%]

Age [years]

Mean ± SD

Interquartile range

36.1 ± 15.4

26

35.5 ± 14.5

21

19.3 ± 13.7

54

Gender

Male

Female

25 [59.5]

17 [40.5]

20 [56.4]

19 [43.6]

28 [40.0]

42 [60.0]

Education

Primary

Secondary

13 [31.0]

29 [69.0]

22 [56.4]

17 [43.6]

47 [67.1]

23 [32.9]

Complications

Male

Female

4 [9.5]

1 [2.2]

5 [12.8]

3 [7.7]

4 [5.7]

9 [12.9]

Recheck

 

38 [90.5]

36 [92.3]

64 [91.4]

Go to recheck

 

30 [71.4]

30 [76.9]

51 [72.9]

Drug availability

 

28 [66.7]

28 [71.8]

50 [71.4]

Clean water

 

34 [81.0]

32 [82.1]

58 [82.9]

Water checking

 

10 [23.8]

9 [23.1]

15 [21.4]

Hand washing

 

38 [90.5]

35 [89.7]

64 [91.4]

Contact with other typhoid

 

19 [45.2]

17 [43.6]

36 [51.4]