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Table 2 Summary of median and mean age of suspicion, identification and delay by health sector

From: The HI HOPES data set of deaf children under the age of 6 in South Africa: maternal suspicion, age of identification and newborn hearing screening

 

Total

Private health

Public health

 

N = 247

N = 28

N = 219

Age of suspicion (months)

Mean/SD

21.2

14.6

21.6

18.2

21.2

14.1

Median/IQR

18

11–24

12.5

8–33

20

12–24

Age of identification (months)

Mean/SD

32

20.4

27.1

19.7

32.6

20.5

Median/IQR

28

18–40

22

12–35.5

28

19–41

Delay to identification (months)

Mean/SD

10.8

13.3

5.5

7.4

11.5

13.8

Median/IQR

6

0–15

2

0–8.5

7

0–15