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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of cases and controls admitted in PML between 1st January 2011 and 31st December 2011

From: Under-five mortality pattern and associated risk factors: a case-control study at the Princess Marie Louise Children’s Hospital in Accra, Ghana

Characteristic

Cases number, %

Controls number, %

Age of child, months

N = 120

N = 120

  < 1

9 (7.5)

9 (7.5)

 1–5

36 (30.0)

36 (30.0)

 6–11

30 (25.0)

30 (25.0)

 12–23

21 (17.5)

21 (17.5)

 24–59

24 (20.0)

24 (20.0)

Gender

N = 120

N = 120

 Male

60 (50.0)

60 (50.0)

 Female

60 (50.0)

60 (50.0)

NHIS registration

N = 102

N = 117

 Registered

30 (29.4)

43 (36.8)

 Not registered

72 (70.6)

74 (63.2)

  1. N = Total number of responses