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Table 2 Demographic characteristics, morbidity, and care-seeking of under-five children expressed in percentage in 2009 and 2012

From: Out-of-pocket expenditure for seeking health care for sick children younger than 5 years of age in Bangladesh: findings from cross-sectional surveys, 2009 and 2012

Characteristics

2009

2012

Children (n)

7490

6944

Sex (boys)

50.8

51.9

Age (months)

 < 6

7.3

8.7

 6–11

11.0

9.7

 12–23

18.4

16.4

 24–35

21.3

21.2

 36–47

22.1

21.0

 48–59

20.0

22.9

Any illness in the last 2 weeks

50.4

34.3

 Non-priority illness1

73.6

77.6

 Priority illness2

26.4

22.2

Care sought from provider

71.8

82.5

 Care sought from trained health care provider3

13.6

20.7

Location of household

 Plain land

33.1

55.1

 Hard-to-reach areas

66.8

44.5

Area

 Comparison

50.9

50.1

 Intervention

49.1

49.9

  1. 1Non-priority illness: children who had a cough or cold, acute or chronic ear infection, diarrhea with no dehydration, anemia, or fever without malaria
  2. 2Priority illness: children who had pneumonia, diarrhea with dehydration, dysentery, malaria, or measles
  3. 3Trained provider working in public or private health care facilities