Table 1 Demographic characteristics of cholera outbreak investigation participants, Papua New Guinea, 2010
Demographic characteristics | Cases | Controls | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
Gender | Female | 26 | (48) | 67 | (55) |
Age group | Under 5 | 14 | (26) | 48 | (39) |
Time to hospital | 0-29 minutes | 39 | (72) | 70 | (57) |
30-59 minutes | 8 | (15) | 28 | (23) | |
60 minutes + | 3 | (6) | 14 | (11) | |
Education | No formal | 8 | (21) | 16 | (24) |
Start primary | 9 | (23) | 11 | (16) | |
Other | 22 | (56) | 40 | (60) | |
Employed | Yes | 13 | (35) | 22 | (40) |