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Table 5 Multiple diagnoses among each of the top 10 diagnoses

From: Disease diagnosis in primary care in Uganda

N (Column %)

Malaria

Cough or cold

Intestinal worms

Gastro Intestinal Disorders

Pneumonia

Diarrhea

Skin diseases

Urinary tract infections

Oral diseases

Injuries/Trauma

Overall total

N (Row %)

Malaria

52,312 (51.7%)

22,217 (54.6%)

6,903 (49.7%)

3,200 (27.8%)

5,302 (63.6%)

4,822 (59.3%)

1,866 (23.2%)

2,043 (29.0%)

677 (14.0%)

426 (10.2%)

101,266

Cough or cold

22,217 (21.9%)

13,374 (32.9%)

2,559 (18.4%)

1,180 (10.2%)

0 (0.0%)

1,877 (23.1%)

794 (9.9%)

369 (5.2%)

286 (5.9%)

191 (4.6%)

40,669

Intestinal worms

6,903 (6.8%)

2,559 (6.3%)

3,367 (24.2%)

845 (7.3%)

465 (5.6%)

657 (8.1%)

562 (7.0%)

505 (7.2%)

71 (1.5%)

72 (1.7%)

13,892

Gastro Intestinal disorders

3,200 (3.2%)

1,180 (2.9%)

845 (6.1%)

5,172 (44.9%)

153 (1.8%)

191 (2.3%)

207 (2.6%)

394 (5.6%)

58 (1.2%)

71 (1.7%)

11,519

Pneumonia

5,302 (5.2%)

0 (0.0%)

465 (3.3%)

153 (1.3%)

2,332 (28.0%)

349 (4.3%)

113 (1.4%)

82 (1.2%)

53 (1.1%)

19 (0.5%)

8,335

Diarrhea

4,822 (4.8%)

1,877 (4.6%)

657 (4.7%)

191 (1.7%)

349 (4.2%)

1,728 (21.2%)

134 (1.7%)

79 (1.1%)

92 (1.9%)

18 (0.4%)

8,137

Skin diseases

2,049 (2.0%)

794 (2.0%)

562 (4.0%)

207 (1.8%)

113 (1.4%)

134 (1.6%)

4,339 (54.0%)

125 (1.8%)

53 (1.1%)

85 (2.0%)

8,028

Urinary tract infections

2,043 (2.0%)

369 (0.9%)

505 (3.6%)

394 (3.4%)

82 (1.0%)

79 (1.0%)

125 (1.6%)

3,157 (44.8%)

28 (0.6%)

26 (0.6%)

7,043

Oral diseases

677 (0.7%)

286 (0.8%)

71 (0.5%)

58 (0.5%)

53 (0.6%)

92 (1.1%)

53 (0.7%)

28 (0.4%)

3,686 (76.3%)

5 (0.1%)

4,832

Injuries/Trauma

426 (0.4%)

191 (0.5%)

72 (0.5%)

71 (0.6%)

19 (0.2%)

18 (0.2%)

85 (1.1%)

26 (0.4%)

5 (0.1%)

3,073 (73.7%)

4,168

Overall total

101,266

40,669

13,892

11,519

8,335

8,137

8,028

7,043

4,832

4,168

209,734

  1. The bold figures across the table diagonal show mono diagnoses.
  2. The percentages in the upper section of the table diagonal are column percentages and are calculated by dividing the number of patients (N) by the column total.
  3. The percentages in the lower section of the table diagonal are row percentages and are calculated by dividing the number of patients (N) by the row total.
  4. The percentages in the table diagonal (mono diagnoses) are calculated by dividing the number of patients (N) by either row or column total. Column and row totals for these table diagonal are equal.